Some Conditions are not executing

Code:

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Dim userguess As Integer
    Dim compnumber As Integer
    Dim usercount As Integer
    Dim TestNumber As String







    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        Randomize()

        compnumber = Int((100 * Rnd()) + 1) '// Generate random value between 1 and 100.

        btnTry.Visible = False


    End Sub

    Private Sub btnGuess_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnGuess.Click


        TestNumber = txtguess.Text

        If IsNumeric(TestNumber) = True Then ' check if string is a number value
            userguess = Val(TestNumber)

            If userguess > compnumber Then
                txtmessage.Text = "Go Lower"
                Me.BackColor = Color.Red

            ElseIf userguess < compnumber Then
                txtmessage.Text = "Go Higher"
                Me.BackColor = Color.Blue


            ElseIf userguess = compnumber Then
                txtmessage.Text = "CORRECT"
                Me.BackColor = Color.Yellow



            End If

        Else
            MsgBox(" You did not enter a numerical value ") ' if string value entered is a letter
        End If

       

        txtguess.Text = ""
        txtguess.Focus()
        usercount = usercount + 1
        txtcount.Text = usercount

        If userguess = compnumber And usercount < 5 Then
            MsgBox(" Either you know the secret, or you got lucky")
            btnTry.Visible = True

        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 5 & 6 & 7 Then
            MsgBox(" Aha, do you know the secret?")
            btnTry.Visible = True

        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 8 & 9 & 10 Then
            MsgBox(" Try to do better next time")
            btnTry.Visible = True

        End If

        If usercount >= 10 Then
            btnGuess.Enabled = False
            MsgBox(" You have taken too many guesses buddy")
            btnTry.Visible = True


        End If

            lstGuess.Items.Add(usercount & "                        " & userguess)


    End Sub

    Private Sub BtnHowToPlay_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BtnHowToPlay.Click

        MsgBox("Type a number between 0 and 100 into the box labeled Type Guess Here. The program will _generate a random number and will tell you if you've gone to high or to low, keep guessing until you are CORRECT! but you only have 10 guesses.")
    End Sub

    Private Sub btnTry_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnTry.Click
        btnGuess.Enabled = True
        txtguess.Text = ""
        Me.lstGuess.Text = " "
        txtmessage.Text = ""
        txtcount.Text = " "
        usercount = 0
        Randomize()
        compnumber = (Rnd() * 100)
        usercount = 0
        lstGuess.Items.Clear()
        Me.BackColor = Color.Empty
        lstGuess.Items.Add("Guess #" & "      " & "Number")
        txtguess.Focus()

    End Sub

    Private Sub Form_Load()

        Randomize()
        compnumber = (Rnd() * 100)
        usercount = 0
    End Sub
End Class

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The conditions that display

Code:

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  If userguess = compnumber And usercount < 5 Then
            MsgBox(" Either you know the secret, or you got lucky")
            btnTry.Visible = True

        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 5 & 6 & 7 Then
            MsgBox(" Aha, do you know the secret?")
            btnTry.Visible = True

        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 8 & 9 & 10 Then
            MsgBox(" Try to do better next time")
            btnTry.Visible = True

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are not executing with my program and need help figuring out why.

For one thing 5 & 6 & 7 is really 567. Is that what you meant? Same with 8 & 9 & 10 - that is 8910.

N this is not what I meant. I want 5 6 7 8 and 9 ad separate values to compare the counter with.

If you want "greater than 5,6, & 7 don't you want "greater than 7" ?

Or do you want 5,6, OR 7, in which case I'd suggest a Case statement.

I want the condition to apply when it is greater than or equal to 5 and less than on equal to 7 . Greater than or 7 and less than 10

So write it that way...

Try a case statement.

Select case usercount
Case 0 to 5
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Case 5 to 7
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Case 7 to 10
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.80).aspx

try this:

Code:

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        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 8 Then
            MsgBox(" Try to do better next time")
            btnTry.Visible = True
        ElseIf userguess = compnumber And usercount >= 5 Then
            MsgBox(" Aha, do you know the secret?")
            btnTry.Visible = True

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If it's equal to or greater than 8, that fulfills the 8,9, or 10 condition.... otherwise it continues to the next if where it compares it to equal to or greater than 5 .....

so if the user count is 7 .... it's not greater than 8, and so falls to the second one, where it is greater than 5...

-tg

Ya I started writing it the way technome did but was too lazy to write the explanation so I suggested Case :)

since I'm pedantic and anal about certain coding techniques... I'd like to point out that the case statement as posted is incorrect... if the value is 7... which branch will it take? They shouldn't overlap... it should be 0 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 to 10.... the overlap "works" but only because it will take the first matching branch.,.. but form a readability & maintenance view, it's not so clear and someone doing a cursory glance at it may not distinguish the overlap and trace through the wrong path.

-tg

Ya you're techgnome, for 7 there's 2 matches and it happens to pick the right one because of how it's laid out, but ya, shoulda been 8 to 10.

Being pedantic is good sometimes :).