// i/o example

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
short int Min=0, Max=1000 ;
string mystring= "Is it greater, equal, or less than ";
string g="greater", l="less", x, e="equal";
  cout << "Please think of a number between " ;
  cout << "one and one thousand inclusive. " ;
  

while(x!=e){
  cout << mystring << ((Min+Max)/2) << endl;
  cin >> x;
  if(((Min == Max) ||  (Min == Max+1)) ) {
	cout << "Nice try buddy, but you're lying. " << endl;
	cout << "The number you were thinking of is " << endl;
	cout << Max;
	x = e;
  };;
  
  if (x==g) {
  	Min=((Min+Max)/2);
  	// cout <<mystring << ((Min+Max)/2) << endl;
  } else if (x==l) {
  	Max=((Min+Max)/2);
  	// cout <<mystring << ((Min+Max)/2) << endl;
  }; 
}

  return 0;
}