command guessTheNumber lowN highN
    local tNumber, tguess, tmin, tmax
    if lowN is empty or lowN < 1 then
        put 1 into tmin
    else
        put lowN into tmin
    end if
    if highN is empty then
        put 10 into tmax
    else
        put highN into tmax
    end if
    put random(tmax - tmin + 1) + tmin - 1 into tNumber
    repeat until tguess is tNumber
        ask question "Please enter a number between" && tmin && "and" && tmax titled "Guess the number"
        if it is not empty then
            put it into tguess
            if tguess is tNumber then
                answer "Well guessed!"
            else if tguess < tNumber then
                answer "too low"
            else
                answer "too high"
            end if
        else
            exit repeat
        end if
    end repeat
end guessTheNumber