using system;

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public class MyProgram

{

    private static Random random = new Random();

    public static void main(string[] args)

    {

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        int player;

        int p1score;

        int p2score;

        int score;

        int tokenMax;

        int tokenTake;

        int p2take;

        player = random.Next(2) + 1;

        score = 21;

        p2score = score;

        p1score = score;

        output("What is the maximum number of chips that can be drawn each turn?" + "\n");

        tokenMax = (int) inputValue();

      while (score > 0)

        {

            output("Chips left on the table: " + score + "\n");

          if (player == 1)

            {

                output("How many chips do you want to take?" + "\n");

                tokenTake = (int) inputValue();

             while (tokenTake > tokenMax)

                {

                    output("You can only take between 1 and " + tokenMax + " chips. Try again." + "\n");

                    tokenTake = (int) inputValue();

                }

                score = score - tokenTake;

                p1score = score;

                player = 2;

            }

            else

            {

                p2take = random.Next(tokenMax) + 1;

                output("My turn. I'm taking " + p2take + " chip(s)." + "\n");

                score = score - p2take;

                p2score = score;

                player = 1;

            }

        }

        if (p2score <= 0)

        {

            output("I won because of my amazing skill." + "\n");

        }

        else

        {

            output("You won. Lucky." + "\n");

        }

    }

    ' .NET can only read single characters or entire lines from the console.

    ' The following functions are designed to help input specific data types.

    private static double inputValue()

    {

        double result

        while (!double.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out result));

        return result

    }

    private static string inputText()

    {

        return Console.ReadLine()

    }

    private static output(string text)

    {

        Console.WriteLine(text)

    }

}

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