In this lesson, you've learned about conditionals—a fundamental yet powerful part of programming. Conditionals are so powerful, in fact, that they can be used to predict the future. In this project, you'll be creating a function that can answer any "yes" or "no" question. 

Your `magic8Ball()` function should prompt the player to enter a yes or no question they want to have answered. Feel free to add some personal flare to this. Use the `readline()` function to take in their question. Save this as a variable.  

Use `echo` to print a message to the terminal. The message should state the received question. Print the question you received. You should feel free to add more dramatic flourishes.

Your "magic" answer will be determined by a random integer. We have 20 possible responses. Generate a random integer between 0 and 19 (inclusive) and save it to a variable. 

Add a line to your program which uses `echo` to print the random number. We'll comment out this part of the code later, but it will be useful for testing our code so far. 

Let's test your project so far. After your function definition, invoke your function a few times. 

Run your program—providing different questions each time you're prompted. Make sure that your message with the question and the random number are displaying as expected. 

Now it's time to add the decision-making power to your program. You can accomplish this with either a series of `if`/`elseif` statements or a `switch` statement.

Your function should print the response associtated with the random number you generated:

- If the number is `0`, `It is certain.` should be printed
- If the number is `1`, `It is decidedly so.` should be printed
- If the number is `2`, `Without a doubt.` should be printed
- If the number is `3`, `Yes - definitely.` should be printed
- If the number is `4`, `You may rely on it.` should be printed
- If the number is `5`, `As I see it, yes.` should be printed
- If the number is `6`, `Most likely.` should be printed

... and so on. 

Check out the hint if you'd like some help getting started. 


If you haven't already, comment out or remove the line of code where you `echo` the random number, and run your code again. You should see all of your questions answered!

Now that you've completed the project consider these extra challenges:
+ Refactor your code: try to make your code as concise and easy to read as possible. 
+ If you used `if`/`elseif` statements, try to rewrite the code using a `switch` statement or vice versa. 
+ Customize the program to your taste—get creative!

Magic 8 Ball

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