import math smaller = int(input("Enter the smaller number: ")) larger = int(input("Enter the larger number: ")) count = 0 maxGuesses = round(math.log(larger - smaller + 1, 2)) while True: count += 1 print(smaller, larger) yourNumber = (smaller + larger) // 2 print("Your number is", yourNumber) answer = input("Enter =, <, or >: ") if answer == "=": print("Hooray, I've got it in", count, "tries!") break elif count == maxGuesses: print("I'm out of guesses, and you cheated!") break elif answer == "<": larger = yourNumber - 1 else: smaller = yourNumber + 1