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My Magic Month
Project Description
This program will guess the user’s favorite month of the year. The user will choose the month
they love best and translate the name into its numeric value (i.e. January=1 or 01; December=12). Once
the user has the month and initiates the program, the program will first guess any number between 1 and
12. After this guess, the user will respond with “h” for high, “l” for low or “c” for correct to guide the
program’s guesses. After the program guesses the right number corresponding to the user’s favorite
month, it will display how many guesses it took to reach the correct answer, and allow the user to play
again (with their second favorite month…).
Pseudocode – 1 st level
Variables
Guess = current guess (1st guess random)
Upper = upper limit (Start set at 12)
Lower = lower limit (Start set at 1)
Turns = how many turns it takes the computer to guess
Response = user’s hints (“h” or “l” or “c”)
Explain game to user
Choose your favorite month. Convert to its numeric value. The program will then attempt to
guess your favorite month, but you need to guide it by typing “h” for month numbers that are too high,
“l” for those that are too low and “c” when the computer guesses correctly. Press start to initiate the
program’s guessing.
Generate a random number between 1 and 12
Make guess (Message to user: Here’s my guess. Tell me if it’s high, low or correct.)
As long as user does not input “c”,
Increment turn counter
If user inputs “h”,
Set the upper limit of the program to the last guess
Keep lower limit same
Make new guess
If user inputs “l”
Set the lower limit of the program to the last guess
Keep upper limit same
Make new guess
If user inputs “c”
Stop guessing
Tell how many turns it took
Allow to user to play the game again by pressing reload
Pseudocode – 2 nd level
Variables
upper = 12
lower = 1
Print out game instructions:

Choose your favorite month. Convert to its numeric value: i.e. January = 1, December = 12. I'll try to
guess your favorite month, but you'll have to help me. Enter h if my guess is too high, l if it's too low,
and c if I'm right on. Ready to play?
Guess = Generates a random guess between 1-12 (don’t put in loop)
response = Print out guess. Enter h if my guess is too high, l if my guess is too low, or c if my guess is
right on.
while (response not correct)
add 1 to the turn counter each repetition
if (response is high)
upper = guess;
guess = Math.floor((upper + lower)/2);
response = Print out guess. Enter h if my guess is too high, l if my guess is too low, or c if
my guess is right on.
else (response is low)
lower = guess;
guess = Math.floor((upper + lower)/2);
response = Print out guess. Enter h if my guess is too high, l if my guess is too
low, or c if my guess is right on.
if (response is correct)
Print I knew it! Number of turns.
Visual Design
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Testing
To test the program, I will begin by building it step-by-step in TextWrangler. After each new
section, I’ll save and refresh the page in the Browser to see if it works. This process will allow me to test
as I build, and therefore spot any mistakes right away. Once I’ve written the whole program, I’ll test it
with a few different months. I’ll make sure to count the number of guesses it takes to make sure the
program is counting this right.