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CODE

import random

print("Welcome to the number guessing game!\n")
print("Give me a range of numbers. I will select a random one in between.")
print("You have ten tries to guess the number I picked.\n")

while True:
    try:
        starting_range = int(input("Enter a starting number: "))
        ending_range = int(input("Enter an ending number: "))

        selected_number = random.randint(starting_range, ending_range)
        print("\nI picked a number between {} and {}.\n".format(starting_range, ending_range))

        for count in range(10):
            guess = int(input("Your guess ({} attempts remaining): ".format(10 - count)))

            if guess < selected_number:
                print("Too low!")
            elif guess > selected_number:
                print("Too high!")
            else:
                print("Correct!")
                break
        else:
            print("You are out of attempts. The number I picked was {}.".format(selected_number))
        break

    except ValueError:
        print("Invalid input! Try again.")

[Original code updated with the help of ChatGPT.]

ORIGINAL CODE

import random

print("Welcome to the number guessing game! \n\nGive me a range of numbers. I will select a random one in between. You have ten tries to figure out the number I picked.\n")


try:
  starting_range = int(input("Enter a starting number: "))

  ending_range = int(input("Now enter an ending number: "))
  
  selected_number = random.randint(starting_range, ending_range)

  print("\nI picked a number between {} and {}.\n".format(starting_range, ending_range))


  guess = int(input("Your Guess: "))

  count = 0
  while count < 9:
    count += 1
  
    if guess < selected_number:
      print("Too low!")
      guess = int(input("Guess again: "))

    elif guess > selected_number:
      print("Too high!")
      guess = int(input("Guess again: "))

    else: 
      if guess == selected_number:
        print("Correct!")
      break

except:
  print("Not a valid guess! End of game.")