using System;

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public class MyProgram

{

    private static Random random = new Random();

    public static void Main(String[] args)

    {

        // CPT-230-701 - InClass 4B 

        // Jessie Elizabeth Judkins 

        // 09/19/2017

        int player;

        int minRange;

        int maxRange;

        int range;

        int chips;

        int maxChips;

        int chipsRemoved;

        player = random.Next(2) + 1;

        minRange = 3;

        maxRange = 5;

        range = maxRange - minRange + 1;

        if (player == 2)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Since I am going first, enter the number of chips to start with on the table between 15 and 24");

            input(out chips);

            while (! (chips >= 15 && chips <= 24))

            {

                Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid selection, please try again: ");

                input(out chips);

            }

            Console.WriteLine("Enter the maximun number of chips to remove each turn, between " + minRange + " and " + maxRange + ": ");

            input(out maxChips);

            while (! (maxChips >= minRange && maxChips <= maxRange))

            {

                Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid selection, please try again: ");

                input(out maxChips);

            }

        }

        else

        {

            chips = random.Next(8) + 15;

            Console.WriteLine("Since you are going first, I have decided that we will start with >" + chips + "< on the table.");

            maxChips = random.Next(range) + minRange;

            Console.WriteLine("The maximun number of chips we are allowed to remove from the table during our turn is: " + maxChips);

        }

        while (! (chips <= 0))

        {

            if (player == 2)

            {

                if (chips > maxChips)

                {

                    if (chips - maxChips <= maxChips + 1)

                    {

                        chipsRemoved = chips - maxChips - 1;

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        chipsRemoved = random.Next(maxChips) + 1;

                    }

                }

                else

                {

                    chipsRemoved = chips;

                }

                Console.WriteLine("My turn, I am removing >" + chipsRemoved + "< chips.");

                player = 1;

            }

            else

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Your turn, enter the number of chips to remove from the table: ");

                input(out chipsRemoved);

                while (! (chipsRemoved <= chips))

                {

                    Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid selection, you cannot remove more chips then are left on the table. Please try again. Enter a number (up to " + chips + ") of chips to remove from the table: ");

                    input(out chipsRemoved);

                }

                while (! (chipsRemoved >= 1 && chipsRemoved <= maxChips))

                {

                    Console.WriteLine("That is not a valid selection, please try again. Enter a number up to " + maxChips + ": ");

                    input(out chipsRemoved);

                }

                player = 2;

            }

            chips = chips - chipsRemoved;

            Console.WriteLine("There are now >" + chips + "< on the table.");

        }

        if (! (player == 2))

        {

            Console.WriteLine("I won, must have been my excellent skill.");

        }

        else

        {

            Console.WriteLine("You won. Good for you. You are very talented.");

        }

    }

    // .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 void input(out double result)

    {

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

    }

    private static void input(out int result)

    {

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

    }

    private static void input(out Boolean result)

    {

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

    }

    private static void input(out string result)

    {

        result = Console.ReadLine();

    }

}

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