quick and dirty JS to see if low to high, high to low, or random approach is best for lucky number games

LuckyNumberGameTrials.js

// gets a random number between min and max, inclusive. Source: Mozilla Developer Network
function getRandomIntInclusive(min, max) {
	min = Math.ceil(min);
	max = Math.floor(max);
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min);
}

// find lucky number, going from 1 to 100, in sequence
function runLowToHighTrial(){
	
	let guessHistory = [];
	let guessTokens = 0;
	let results = {};

	// randomly assign our lucky number
	let luckyNumber = getRandomIntInclusive(1,100);

	// make guesses from 1 to 100, until lucky number is found
	for (let x = 1; x <= 100; x++) {
		thisGuess = x;
		guessTokens = guessTokens + thisGuess;

		if (thisGuess == luckyNumber){
			break;
		} else {
			guessHistory.push(thisGuess);
		}
	}
	
	results.luckyNumber = luckyNumber;
	results.guessHistory = guessHistory;
	results.guessTokens = guessTokens;
	
	return results;
}

// find lucky number, going from 100 to 1, in sequence
function runHighToLowTrial(){
	
	let guessHistory = [];
	let guessTokens = 0;
	let results = {};

	// randomly assign our lucky number
	let luckyNumber = getRandomIntInclusive(1,100);

	// make guesses from 100 to 1, until lucky number is found
	for (let x = 100; x >= 1; x--) {
		thisGuess = x;
		guessTokens = guessTokens + thisGuess;

		if (thisGuess == luckyNumber){
			break;
		} else {
			guessHistory.push(thisGuess);
		}
	}
	
	results.luckyNumber = luckyNumber;
	results.guessHistory = guessHistory;
	results.guessTokens = guessTokens;
	
	return results;
}

// find lucky number, random guesses, remember/ignore previous guesses
function runRandomTrial(){
	
	let guessHistory = [];
	let guessTokens = 0;
	let results = {};

	// randomly assign our lucky number
	let luckyNumber = getRandomIntInclusive(1,100);

	// make one hundred random guesses, no duplicates
	for (let x = 1; x <= 100; x++) {
		do{
			thisGuess = getRandomIntInclusive(1,100);
		} while ( guessHistory.indexOf(thisGuess) > -1 );

		guessTokens = guessTokens + thisGuess;

		if (thisGuess == luckyNumber){
			break;
		} else {
			guessHistory.push(thisGuess);
		}
	}
	
	results.luckyNumber = luckyNumber;
	results.guessHistory = guessHistory;
	results.guessTokens = guessTokens;
	
	return results;
}

// calculate the average number of guesses and costs for each trial/approach
function getAverages(arrTrials){

	let totalGuesses = 0; 
	let totalTokens = 0; 
	let results = {};

	arrTrials.forEach( function(trial){ 
		totalGuesses = totalGuesses + trial.guessHistory.length;
		totalTokens = totalTokens + trial.guessTokens;
	});

	results.avgGuesses = totalGuesses / arrTrials.length;
	results.avgTokens = totalTokens / arrTrials.length;
	
	return results;
}

// we need to store our trial results
let lowToHighTrials = [];
let highToLowTrials = [];
let randomTrials = [];

// run 100K trials of each kind, storing results for averaging later
for (let a = 1; a <= 100000; a++){
	lowToHighTrials.push( runLowToHighTrial() );
	highToLowTrials.push( runHighToLowTrial() );
	randomTrials.push( runRandomTrial() );
}

// calculate averages, show results
console.log("Low To High Trials:");
console.log( getAverages(lowToHighTrials) );

console.log("High To Low Trials:");
console.log( getAverages(highToLowTrials) );

console.log("Random Trials:");
console.log( getAverages(randomTrials) );