Merge pull request #607 from AnthonyMichaelTDM/rust-port-66_Number

rust port of 66_Number

66_Number/rust/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["AnthonyMichaelTDM <68485672+AnthonyMichaelTDM@users.noreply.github.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"

66_Number/rust/README.md

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+Original source downloaded [from Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
+
+Conversion to [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/)
+
+Converted to Ruby (with tons of inspiration from the Python version) by @marcheiligers
+
+Run `ruby amazing.rb`.
+
+Run `DEBUG=1 ruby amazing.ruby` to see how it works (requires at least Ruby 2.7).

66_Number/rust/src/main.rs

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+use rand::{Rng, prelude::thread_rng};
+use std::io;
+
+fn main() {
+    //DATA
+    let mut points: usize = 100;
+    let mut rng = thread_rng(); 
+    let mut number:u8;
+
+    //print welcome message
+    welcome();
+
+    //game loop
+    while points <= 500 {
+        //generate number
+        number = rng.gen_range(1..=5);
+        //NOTE: while looking at the original basic, I realized that the outcome of your guess is effectively random
+        //so instead of generating 5 variables with random values between 1-5 and doing something depedning which one has the value they guess...
+        //why not just let them "guess" and do a random action without using uneeded variables? .. so that's what I did.
+
+        //let them "guess"
+        println!("GUESS A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 5");//print prompt
+        if let Ok(_i) = io::stdin().read_line(&mut String::new()) {} // get input from standard in, and do nothing with it even if an error is thrown
+
+        //do something depending on the previously generated random number
+        match number {
+            1 => if points>=5{points -= 5},//the if statement here prevents overflow, points is stored as an unsigned integer, so we can't let it be negative
+            2 => points += 5,
+            3 => {//jackpot
+                points *= 2;
+                println!("YOU HIT THE JACKPOT!!!");
+            },
+            4 => points += 1,
+            5 => points /= 2,
+            _ => {},
+        };
+
+        //tell then how many points they have
+        println!("YOU HAVE {} POINTS.", points);
+    }
+
+    //print 
+}
+
+/**
+ * print the welcome message
+ */
+fn welcome() {
+    println!("
+              CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
+
+
+
+    YOU HAVE 100 POINTS.  BY GUESSING NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 5, YOU
+    CAN GAIN OR LOSE POINTS DEPENDING UPON HOW CLOSE YOU GET TO
+    A RANDOM NUMBER SELECTED BY THE COMPUTER.
+
+    YOU OCCASIONALLY WILL GET A JACKPOT WHICH WILL DOUBLE(!)
+    YOUR POINT COUNT.  YOU WIN WHEN YOU GET 500 POINTS
+    
+    ");
+}
+