Number Guessing Game - Need Help

[joekbaum]

Hi I am new to python. I am trying to create a program where the user inputs a number and the computer guesses it in as few tries as possible. This is what I have so far. I am stuck. (Side Note... I am unsure why when I posted my code to this forum that it did not maintain the indentation.)

import random

print("In this game you will guess a number and the computer will try to guess it in as few tries as possible.")
number = int(input("\n\nEnter a number 1-100 --- "))
cNumber = random.randint(1, 100)
placeholder = cNumber
tries = 1
print(number, cNumber, tries, placeholder)

print("\nThe computer guessed ",cNumber)

while cNumber != number:
if cNumber > number:
cNumber = random.randint(1,placeholder)
tries += 1
print("\nThe computer guessed",cNumber)
if cNumber < number:
cNumber = random.randint(placeholder, 1)
tries +=1
print("\nThe computer guessed",cNumber)

print("The computer guessed your number in this many tries --- ",tries)