Er... I am a little new

[basicfreak]

I am a little new at this and i didn't even finish my tutorols.... and i have been makig this stupid little program and i need help... oh and this program is just for my practice...
CLS
? "Can you guess the number I have between 1 and 10?"
INPUT "You have three chances" ;a$
IF a$ < 4 THEN PRINT "Too low!"
IF a$  >  5 THEN PRINT "Too high!!"


on the line 4 it says that this is a type mismatch ... i don't get it....

[jamppa]

I'm not sure (cause i'm a little new too), but i think you have to do it like this:

CLS
PRINT "Can you guess the number I have between 1 and 10?"
PRINT "You have three chances"
INPUT a$
IF a$ < 4 THEN PRINT "Too low!"
IF a$  >  5 THEN PRINT "Too high!!"

[pebe]

You cannot have a number as a string.

You must input an integer or single or double precision.
If you use a variable without its identifier then it defaults to single (eg a = a!)

So change a$ and use    
IF a% > 4
or
IF a > 4                            

[[e-mail]]

randomize timer
cls
print "try to guess the number I'm thinking of, from 1 to 10"
print "you get three guesses"
original.number = int(10*rnd+1)
for x=1 to 3
   input "enter a number " ; guess
   if guess=original.number then
       print " success"
       end
   elseif guess < original.number then
       print " too low"
   elseif guess > original.number then
       print " too high"
   end if
next x
print "failure"
end

[basicfreak]

Thanx guys!!!