From ede6acee55f7f2ba6bc2705a4751da7d33befb68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Ludwig <havoc@boldo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2022 16:41:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] 82_Stars perl implementation

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 82_Stars/perl/stars.pl | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 82_Stars/perl/stars.pl

diff --git a/82_Stars/perl/stars.pl b/82_Stars/perl/stars.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use v5.11; # for say and use strict
+use warnings;
+
+my $MAX_NUMBER = 100;
+my $MAX_GUESSES = 7;
+
+print<<__END_OF_INTRO;
+                                  Stars
+               Creative Computing  Morristown, New Jersey
+
+
+
+__END_OF_INTRO
+
+print "Do you want instructions? ";
+chomp( my $answer = <> );
+if ( $answer !~ /^N/i ) {
+  print<<__END_OF_INSTRUCTIONS;
+I am thinking of a whole number from 1 to $MAX_NUMBER
+Try to guess my number.  After you guess, I
+will type one or more stars (*).  The more
+stars I type, the closer you are to my number.
+One star (*) means far away, seven stars (*******)
+means really close!  You get $MAX_GUESSES guesses.
+__END_OF_INSTRUCTIONS
+}
+
+
+while (1) {
+  my $number_to_guess = int(rand($MAX_NUMBER) + 1);
+  say "\n\nOK, I am thinking of a number, start guessing.";
+
+  my $guess_number = 1;
+  while ( $guess_number <= $MAX_GUESSES ) {
+    print "\nYour Guess? ";
+    chomp( my $guess = <> );
+    last if $guess == $number_to_guess;
+    $guess_number++;
+    my $difference = abs $guess - $number_to_guess;
+    print '*' if $difference < 2;
+    print '*' if $difference < 4;
+    print '*' if $difference < 8;
+    print '*' if $difference < 16;
+    print '*' if $difference < 32;
+    print '*' if $difference < 64;
+    print "*\n";
+  }
+  if ( $guess_number > $MAX_GUESSES ) { # didn't guess
+    say "\nSorry, that's $MAX_GUESSES guesses, number was $number_to_guess";
+  } else { # winner!
+    say '*' x 50, '!!!';
+    say "You got it in $guess_number guesses!!!  Let's play again...";
+  }
+}