Baby's first rust code. A basic guessing game that was primarily a product of trail and error, as tutorials just aren't as much fun as breaking things.

howtobasicrust.rs

use rand::Rng;
use std::io;

static HINT_HIGHER: &str = "higher";
static HINT_LOWER: &str = "lower";

fn main() {
    println!("Guess the integer between 0 and 9.");

    let target: u8 = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(1..10);
    let mut attempts_dec: u8 = 5;

    loop {
        if attempts_dec <= 0 {
            println!("Too many attempts, tedium is my end.");
            break;
        }

        let mut guess = String::new();

        println!("Enter A Guess ({} attempts left)", attempts_dec);
        io::stdin()
            .read_line(&mut guess)
            .expect("failed to read line");

        let guessint: u8;
        match guess.trim_end().parse::<u8>() {
            Ok(n) => guessint = n,
            _ => {
                println!("What the heck is \"{}\"?!", guess);
                continue;
            }
        }

        attempts_dec -= 1;

        let mut hint = HINT_LOWER;

        if guessint != target {
            if guessint < target {
                hint = HINT_HIGHER;
            }
            println!("You guessed: {}\n Try a {} number.\n", guessint, hint);
            continue;
        } else {
            println!(
                " Congrats, you correctly guesssed {}.\nI can die complete now.",
                guessint
            );
            break;
        }
    }
}