my $random = int (rand(100));
$count = 0;
while ($random != $choice)
{
    print "enter your choice = ";
    $choice = <STDIN>;
    $count++;
    print "you entered= $choice";
    if($choice == $random)
    {
        print "Bravo-------------------you win";
        print "\nTotal number of counts= $count\n";
        exit;
    }
    elsif ($choice gt $random)
    {
        print "\nyour choice is TOO High\n";
    }
    else
    {
        print "\nyour choice is too low\n";
    }
    print "\nto quit press q OR press enter to continue  ";
    $value = <STDIN>;
    if($value eq "q\n")
    {    
        print "Sorry!! you lost    :-(\n";
        print "\nTotal number of counts= $count\n";    
        exit;
    }
    
}
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