Theme "Guess number" has disappeared and given usefulness
I create theme again remembering programs

Later there will be a repeat of program where
computer guesses 1 out of a billion for logarithmic number of steps

Now a my curiosity:
Single-line "Guess Number" program QBasic QB64 from Russia

An array of programs in many languages and a similar topic here:

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number#BASIC
rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number/With_feedback_(player)#BASIC
rosettacode.org/wiki/Guess_the_number/With_feedback_(player)

Hi Lo without Secret Number?
https://qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=3120.30

Update: program better view

1 IF Russia = 0 THEN Russia = 2222: RANDOMIZE TIMER: num = INT(RND * 100) + 1: GOTO 1 ELSE IF Russia <> 0 THEN INPUT n: IF n < num THEN PRINT "MORE": GOTO 1 ELSE IF n > num THEN PRINT "less": GOTO 1 ELSE IF n = num THEN PRINT "da": END ELSE GOTO 1 'DANILIN Russia 9-9-2019 guessnum.bas

Using principle of guess number and less \ more
knowing date i found your message:

September 12, 2019, 09:59:10 AM

Your program still needs RANDOMIZE TIMER

But my message is earlier
September 12, 2019, 06:07:54 AM

Russian anecdote from 18 century:

2 athletes compete: Russian and American
American athlete finished 2nd
Russian athlete finished penultimate

Yes that the American should finish 2nd would be more notable than the other thing mentioned last. ;-))

Back in college, my teacher used something like this to discuss propaganda in the media.

The facts:  A race was held between an American and a Russian, and the American won.

American propaganda headline:  International Race results are in!  America comes in first.  Russia, dead last!

Russian propaganda headline: International Race results are in.  Mother Russia gets second place finish, while America comes in second to last!

*ALL* the news articles are 100% true and valid, but the *perception* they generate is what’s the propaganda — and in today’s world, we see this slant on almost *ALL* news stories.

Care to try Floats? :)

I am thinking of a number between 1 and 2...

Answers to 2 past answers: logarithm

=LOG(10^9;2)
=30 steps

what I write at once: numbers are cyclopean
and number of steps is logarithmic

Logarithm: those who understand think faster

My express lecture over 5 years ago from 2010++ years about...

Logarithm of Life

annually something changes in multiple

? through what QUANTITY of years is
something will give growth in right scale ?

SCALE is: GROWTH to extent of QUANTITY

SCALE = GROWTH ^ QUANTITY

QUANTITY: to what extent do you build
GROWTH to get SCALE

LOGARIFM: to what extent to erect
GROWTH to get SCALE

excel formula: QUANTITY = ...

=LOG(SCALE;GROWTH)

check: something annually grows 2 times

? in how many years
something will grow 64 times ?

SCALE = GROWTH ^ YEARS
64 = 2 ^ YEARS
YEAR = LOG(SCALE;GROWTH)
= LOG(64;2)
= 6
answer: over 6 years

example: over 25 years of inflation
devalued money 12 times

? what was inflation every year ?
? what was logarithm of inflation ?

? what should be growth to something
would have grown 12 times over 25 years ?

YEAR = LOG (SCALE;GROWTH)
GROWTH = SCALE ^ (1 / YEARS)

GROWTH = 12 ^ (1/25)
GROWTH = 1.1045 = 10.5 % per year

translate to same logarithm:
decimal: = LOG (SCALE) / LOG (GROWTH)
natural: = LN (SCALE) / LN (GROWTH)

 

In general a dozen formulas have been tested...

is there a document confirming this formula?

I was looking for something more official, but I found it!