Number guessing function using while and if else functions

while x>a || x<a
%This classifies the user's input if the guess is above or below the program will tell the user their guess is incorrect
  if x>a || x<a
     %This classifies the user's input if the guess is above or below the program will tell the user their guess is incorrect
    disp('You are to high/low please guess again \n')
   
else x=a 
    disp('You''ve got it!')
end 

I'm wanting to run a program that uses a random number and outputs if the user defined input is a correct guess or else the program prompts the user to keep inputting guesses until they are correct.

[Walter Roberson]

while x>a || x<a

is the same as

while ~isnan(x) && x ~= a

Anyhow, you did not ask us a question.

Our question would probably be "Where are you accepting input from the user?"

[Mitchell]

I'm sorry this is the full code I have for the problem. Right now it asks the user once and then you can't keep inputting until you're right. How do I make it so the user has to still input an answer until they match the correct random variable?

function guessing 
a=randi(20); %Output one random number.
disp('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20 \n') %Displays text 
x=input('Input your guess \n');% Asks user to input a number 
 
if x>a
     %This classifies the user's input if the guess is above or below the program will tell the user their guess is incorrect
    disp('You are to high guess again \n')
elseif x>a
    disp('You''re too high, guess again')
elseif x == a
     disp('You''ve got it!')
else x=input('Input your guess \n');
end
   
if x<a
    disp('You are too low guess again \n');
elseif x>a
    disp('You''re too high, guess again')
elseif x == a
     disp('You''ve got it!')
else x=input('Input your guess \n');
end
end

[Walter Roberson]

while x ~= a
    if x > a
        too high
    else
        too low
    end
    input a new guess
end
just right

[Mitchell]

The code doesn't seem to be working.

function guessing 
a=randi(20); %Output one random number.
disp('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20 \n') %Displays text 
x=input('Input your guess \n');% Asks user to input a number 
 
while x ~= a
if x > a
     %This classifies the user's input if the guess is above or below the program will tell the user their guess is incorrect
    disp('You are to high guess again \n')
else x > a
    disp('You''re too high, guess again')
end
x=input('Enter a new guess \n')
end
disp('Are you a jedi? You guessed right!')

The function does not settle on a number

[Walter Roberson]

else x > a

means the same thing as

else
    disp(x > a)

Both branches of your code talk about the person being too high, with no branch saying they are too low.