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I am a very novice programmer, but this challenge seems impossible. It asks "Please provide a number between 1 or -1". That isn't even English. Do you mean between 1 and -1? Any number entered just results in the same "Please provide a number between 1 or -1".

Did you not test this at all before promoting it? I am brand new to programming and even I know that testing is important.

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The error is when the argument to the `challenge` command is anything other than a number. Try `challenge monkey`. It then accepts zero for N, and the computer always picks a positive number.

Resulting in a negative.

Please use challenge <number> where number is >=5. Updating the problem text as well as the code

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