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  i would have posted this in tutorials but it's off topic so

  In this tutorial we will make a game in the output using C++.

  Requirements Basic understanding of C++ so you actually know what you are doing Repeat first step How it will work

  It is important that you have everything planned out.

  Here is how one might plan this game:

  The user will be prompted to input a number which will be how many tries they can get to guess the number. Number is between 3-10.

  The minimum tries will be 3 and the maximum is 10. If it goes too low, or too high, it will be constrained in between 3 and 10.

  The random number will be between 1-10. The user will get points for guessing correctly. They will lose points if they guess wrong.

  Declaring some variables

  Let's start with some variables, them being tries, points, randNum, guessedCorrectly, guessedTooLow, and guessedTooHigh.

  The first three will be of type int. The first will be how many tries they get. The second is how many points they have. The third will be the number to guess. The last three will be of type bool and determine if they guessed correctly, too low, or too high respectively.

  #include <iostream> // so we can use std namespace using namespace std; // so we don't type std:: every time int tries; // predeclare int points = 0; // starting with 0 points bool guessedCorrectly, guessedTooLow, guessedTooHigh; // predeclaring int main() { return 0; } Getting input

  We will use cin to get input. Here is a quick example on how to use it.

  int num; cout << "Input a number\n"; cin >> num; cout << "Did you input " << num << "?\nI know you did!\n"

  num is predeclared and whatever is inputted, num will contain the number.

  >> is the extraction operator. The num variable follows where the extracted data is. There is a better explanation here on both cout and cin, and more.

  Getting random numbers

  There is a rand function which you can use if you #include <cstdlib>.

  It generates an integer between 0 and "RAND_MAX"

  A way to get a number in a specific range is modulating (or whatever the verb of modulus is) what is returned by rand.

  Here is an example:

  int num = rand()%100; cout << num;

  The number is in the range 0-99. So you add +1 so it is in the range 1-100.

  int num = rand()%100 + 1; cout << num;

  Much better!

  The fun stuff Prompting user to pick a number between 3-10

  With our knowledge of cin we can prompt the user to choose number. I like having it tidy, so it will be in a function that can be called as much as we need to:

  int prompt() { int timesToPlay; cout << "How many times do you want to try? (Number should be between 3 and 10)\n"; cin >> timesToPlay; tries = clamp(timesToPlay, 3, 10); for (int i = 1; i <= timesToPlay + 1; i++) { play(randNum); // we'll get here don't worry } return timesToPlay; }

  timesToPlay contains the number which is how many times to play the game. You will notice a clamp function. It is there to constrain the number in between 3-10.

  float clamp(float num, float min, float max) { if (min > max) { throw runtime_error("min must be smaller than max\n"); return 0; } if (num < min) { return min; } if (num > max) { return max; } return num; } Game logic

  You may have noticed a play function. This is where the game logic is handled.

  void play(int num) { }

  num is the random number they will have to guess.

  Next, we will just get their input and check that input. But before we do that you want to make sure they have enough tries in the first place. If they do not, return out of the function. This is known as a guard.

  void play(int num) { if (tries < 1) { cout << "Out of tries.\n"; return; } int guess; cout << "Guess the number!\n"; cin >> guess; }

  After that, just check if the guess was too low, or too high, and set guessedTooLow and guessedTooHigh to true for the respective conditions.

  void play(int num) { if (tries < 1) { cout << "Out of tries.\n"; return; } int guess; cout << "Guess the number!\n"; cin >> guess; if (guess < num) { // guessed too low guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooLow = true; guessedTooHigh = false; } else if (guess > num) { // guessed too high guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooHigh = true; guessedTooLow = false; } }

  If it's not too low or too high, it's a correct guess!

  void play(int num) { if (tries < 1) { cout << "Out of tries.\n"; return; } int guess; cout << "Guess the number!\n"; cin >> guess; if (guess < num) { // guessed too low guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooLow = true; guessedTooHigh = false; } else if (guess > num) { // guessed too high guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooHigh = true; guessedTooLow = false; } else { guessedCorrectly = true; guessedTooLow = false; guessedTooHigh = false; } tries--; // don't forget to decrement tries!!! }

  When they did not guess correctly, you surely would want to decrement the user's points and tell them they guessed wrong.

  Let's add that.

  Whilst we are at that, let's also check if they did guess correctly. If so, increment their points and tell them they guessed correctly.

  void play(int num) { if (tries < 1) { cout << "Out of tries.\n"; return; } int guess; cout << "Guess the number!\n"; cin >> guess; if (guess < num) { // guessed too low guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooLow = true; guessedTooHigh = false; } else if (guess > num) { // guessed too high guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooHigh = true; guessedTooLow = false; } else { guessedCorrectly = true; guessedTooLow = false; guessedTooHigh = false; } tries--; // don't forget to decrement tries!!! if (!guessedCorrectly) { points--; // decrementing points if (guessedTooLow) { cout << "You guessed too low. -1 point. Points: " << points << "\n"; } else if (guessedTooHigh) { cout << "You guessed too high. -1 point. Points: " << points << '\n'; } } else { // guessed correctly points++; cout << "You guessed correctly! +1 point. Points: " << points << '\n'; } }

  And that is it!

  The final product looks more or less like so:

  #include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> // lets us use rand() using namespace std; int tries; // predeclare int points = 0; // starting with 0 points bool guessedCorrectly, guessedTooLow, guessedTooHigh; // predeclaring float clamp(float num, float min, float max) { if (min > max) { throw runtime_error("min must be smaller than max\n"); return 0; } if (num < min) { return min; } if (num > max) { return max; } return num; } void play(int num) { if (tries < 1) { cout << "Out of tries.\n"; return; } int guess; cout << "Guess the number!\n"; cin >> guess; if (guess < num) { // guessed too low guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooLow = true; guessedTooHigh = false; } else if (guess > num) { // guessed too high guessedCorrectly = false; guessedTooHigh = true; guessedTooLow = false; } else { guessedCorrectly = true; guessedTooLow = false; guessedTooHigh = false; } tries--; // don't forget to decrement tries!!! if (!guessedCorrectly) { points--; // decrementing points if (guessedTooLow) { cout << "You guessed too low. -1 point. Points: " << points << "\n"; } else if (guessedTooHigh) { cout << "You guessed too high. -1 point. Points: " << points << '\n'; } } else { // guessed correctly points++; cout << "You guessed correctly! +1 point. Points: " << points << '\n'; } } int prompt() { int timesToPlay; cout << "How many times do you want to try? (Number should be between 3 and 10)\n"; cin >> timesToPlay; tries = clamp(timesToPlay, 3, 10); for (int i = 1; i <= timesToPlay + 1; i++) { play(randNum); // we'll get here don't worry } return timesToPlay; } int main() { prompt(); return 0; } Credits

  @TheAlphaStigma

  He helped out in writing the code, he made the whole part where we use bools to check if guessed correctly, too low or too high, possible.

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  17/04/19:

  getReciprocal has been simplified. I did some research, the multiplicative inverse = reciprocal, and the reciprocal of n is 1/n (assuming n != 0).

  Here is what it looks like now:

  function LibrariesPLUS.maths.getReciprocal(num) if (rawequal(num, 0)) then return nil; --/* for nerds who try division by 0 */ end return 1/num; end
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  First off, don't post screenshots of the code. This makes it impossible to copy and paste it and make necessary changes. Your string colour is so dark I can't even read it.

  Second off, your CheckAdmin function is going to immediately return false if a player joins but their UserId is not first in the list. Even if it's an admin.

  Also, the IDs should already be a number, calling tonumber is just redundant.

  function module.isAdmin(client) --// 'is' is better than 'check' for _, id in ipairs(Admins) do if (rawequal(client.UserId, id)) then return true; end end return false; end

  If the return false; statement is reached that is because the above was not fulfilled; the player is not an admin.

  Also, you should not be handling admin commands client sided. An exploiter can manipulate the requirements this way.

  Finally, you are not using len correctly. It is used string.len(s) or s:len(). Again, this is a number, you don't need to call tonumber. Either way, don't use it: we have the unary length operator #. Use #s.

  So what did we learn today?
  Events (Player.Chatted)
  Module Scripts(require, etc.)
  Tables (Admins,Indexing,etc.)

  Your thread does not revolve around events, module scripts or tables. You listened for events, yes, but your thread isn't about events! Same for everything else.

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  i can do it for free, but can usually only work on weekends