if($guess -lt ($number + 10)) {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting hot. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

}    
    
    elseif($guess -lt ($number + 20)) {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting warmer. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

 } 

    else ($guess -gt $number) {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting warmer. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key
}


if  ($guess -gt ($number - 10)) {  #The player's guess was too low

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too low. You are getting hot. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

}

elseif  ($guess -gt ($number - 20)) {  #The player's guess was too low

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too low. You are getting warm. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

}


else  ($guess -lt $number) {  #The player's guess was too low

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too low. You are getting warmer. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key


}

if ($guess -eq $number)  {  #The player has guessed the game's secret number

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Congratulations. You guessed my number! Press Enter" `
        "to continue."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number."
      $status = "Stop"  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key
  }

  #The player has elected to play again
  if ($reply -eq "Y") {

    #Reset variables to their default values
    $number = 0
    $noOfGuesses = 0
    $status = "Play"
    $guess = 0

  }
  else {   #The player has decided to quit playing

    $playGame = "No"  #Modify variable indicating that it is time to 
                      #terminate game play

  }  


#Clear the Windows command console screen
Clear-Host









What does this mean?
It says my very first "else" statement running properly. I am not sure why this error is occuring





 

• Edited by Steven Leise 16 hours 58 minutes ago

Too much code, no actual ques

Hi Steven,

the question is? Find the error? I've copied it to ISE and it think you should have a look in Line 147:

else  ($guess -lt $number) {  #The player's guess was too low

This isn't possible. You've to use If or ElseIf.

• Proposed as answer by heyko 17 hours 0 minutes ago

I changed that specific line to elseif, same error occurs.

I shortened up the code now

The problem is that Else should not have a condition following it. It is the default outcome if neither "if" or "elseif" match so there are no conditions for the statement triggering. An example code block should look like this:

    if($guess -lt ($number + 10)) {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting hot. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

}    
    
    elseif($guess -lt ($number + 20)) {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting warmer. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key

 } 

    else {  #The player's guess was too high

      Clear-Host  #Clear the Windows command console screen
      Write-Host "`n Sorry. Your guess was too high. You are getting warmer. Press Enter to" `
        "guess again."
         Write-Host "`n The secret number was: $number." 
      $guess = ""  #Reset the player's guess
      Read-Host  #Pause the game until the player presses the Enter key
}

Notice I have removed the condition from your else statement