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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:46:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=8E=A8=20Palette:=20Enhance=20NumberGuess?=
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* Add ANSI color codes (CYAN, YELLOW, RED, GREEN) for better visual feedback.
* Add emojis (📉, 📈, 🎉, ❌) to improve clarity of messages.
* Replace Windows-only `system("pause")` with cross-platform `cin.get()` approach.

Co-authored-by: EiJackGH <172181576+EiJackGH@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp b/NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp
index c82e2f8..bfd3d54 100644
--- a/NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp
+++ b/NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+// ANSI Color Codes
+const string RESET = "\033[0m";
+const string RED = "\033[31m";
+const string GREEN = "\033[32m";
+const string YELLOW = "\033[33m";
+const string CYAN = "\033[36m";
+
 void showEasterEgg() {
-    cout << "\n[!] EASTER EGG ACTIVATED: THE ZEN MODE" << endl;
+    cout << "\n" << CYAN << "[!] EASTER EGG ACTIVATED: THE ZEN MODE" << RESET << endl;
     cout << "Inspired by the Word 1.1a secret found 29 years later." << endl;
     cout << "EiJackGH Lab - Saying YES in 2026." << endl;
     cout << "========================================" << endl;
@@ -21,7 +28,7 @@ int main() {
     int guess = 0;
     int attempts = 0;
 
-    cout << "--- EI-JACK LAB: NUMBER GUESSER V1.0 ---" << endl;
+    cout << CYAN << "--- EI-JACK LAB: NUMBER GUESSER V1.0 ---" << RESET << endl;
     cout << "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100." << endl;
     cout << "(Hint: Type 'zen' to see the credits)" << endl << endl;
 
@@ -39,23 +46,26 @@ int main() {
         try {
             guess = stoi(input);
         } catch (...) {
-            cout << "Invalid input. Please enter a number." << endl;
+            cout << RED << "❌ Invalid input. Please enter a number." << RESET << endl;
             continue;
         }
 
         attempts++;
 
         if (guess > secretNumber) {
-            cout << ">>> Too high! Try again." << endl;
+            cout << YELLOW << "📉 Too high! Try again." << RESET << endl;
         } else if (guess < secretNumber) {
-            cout << ">>> Too low! Try again." << endl;
+            cout << YELLOW << "📈 Too low! Try again." << RESET << endl;
         } else {
-            cout << "\nCONGRATULATIONS!" << endl;
+            cout << "\n" << GREEN << "🎉 CONGRATULATIONS!" << RESET << endl;
             cout << "You found it in " << attempts << " attempts." << endl;
         }
     }
 
     cout << "----------------------------------------" << endl;
-    system("pause"); // Essential for Dev-C++ to keep the window open
+    cout << "Press Enter to exit..." << endl;
+    // cin >> input leaves the newline in the buffer, so we ignore it first, then get() waits for the next Enter.
+    cin.ignore(10000, '\n');
+    cin.get();
     return 0;
 }