stick game

main.cpp

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() 
{
    int player = 1;
    int sticks = 1;
    int selection;

    do {
        cout << "Input a number of sticks [10, 100]: ";
        cin >> sticks;
        cout << endl;
    } while (sticks < 10 || sticks > 100);

    while (sticks > 0) {
        player = player == 1 ? 2 : 1;
        cout << "There are " << sticks << " remaining." << endl;

        do {
            cout << "Player " << player << ", enter a number of sticks to take [1, 3]: ";
            cin >> selection;
        } while (selection > 3 || selection < 0);

        sticks -= selection;
    }

    cout << "The loser was player " << player << "." << endl;

    return 0;
}