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Guess Number Higher or Lower

We are playing the Guess Game. The game is as follows: I pick a number from 1 to n. You have to guess which number I picked. Every time you guess wrong, I will tell you whether the number I picked is higher or lower than your guess. You call a pre-defined API int guess(int num), which returns three possible results: -1: Your guess is higher than the number I picked (i.e. num > pick). 1: Your guess is lower than the number I picked (i.e. num < pick). 0: your guess is equal to the number I picked (i.e. num == pick). Return the number that I picked.

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  • 1.Think about which data structure fits best
  • 2.Consider the time complexity of your approach
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