Guess the Number Higher or Lower

Introduction This problem is based on a guessing game where we need to find a hidden number efficiently. Instead of checking every number one by one, we can use Binary Search, which drastically red...

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Guess the Number Higher or Lower

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Introduction This problem is based on a guessing game where we need to find a hidden number efficiently. Instead of checking every number one by one, we can use Binary Search, which drastically reduces the number of guesses. Problem Statement You are given a number n. A number is picked between 1 and n. You need to guess the number using the API: guess(num) It returns: -1 → Your guess is too high 1 → Your guess is too low 0 → Correct guess Return the number that was picked. Examples Example 1: Input: n = 10, pick = 6 Output: 6 Example 2: Input: n = 1, pick = 1 Output: 1 Example 3: Input: n = 2, pick = 1 Output: 1 Intuition If guess is too high → search left If guess is too low → search right This perfectly fits Binary Search Approach (Binary Search) Algorithm Steps Initialize: low = 1 high = n While low <= high: Find mid: mid = (low + high) // 2 Call guess(mid): If 0 → return mid If -1 → search left → high = mid - 1 If 1 → search right → low = mid + 1 Code (Python) def guessNumber(n

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