As part of our coursework myself and another person in my class have to make a Guessing Game where a random number is generated between 1 to 100 and the user has a maximum of 6 guesses to try and guess the number. I also have to create a "session" where the user can enter their name and it will store their results into a text file. I have got it working to a point where they can play the game and successfully input their name, but if you select the option that you want to play again, it says 'Process completed' and exits the program. Help would be greatly appreciated, here is what I have so far;
Code:
import java.util.Random; //importing the Random class
import java.util.Scanner; //importing the Scanner class
/* Author Laura Brown 28/02/2014 */
public class TheGuessingGame
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Random generator = new Random(); //creates a random number between 1-100
int TARGET = generator.nextInt(100) + 1; //establishes the target number
int guess;
int count = 0;
String userName;
String another = "y";
Boolean flag = false;
Boolean anotherFlag = true;
Scanner consoleIn = new Scanner(System.in); //creating a new Scanner object
Scanner name = new Scanner(System.in); //creating a new Scanner object
System.out.print("Hello! Please enter your name:\n"); //asking for user input
userName = name.nextLine();
System.out.print("Hello "+ userName+ ", and welcome to the game!\n");
System.out.print("Can you guess what it is?\n");
do { //beginning the loop
guess = consoleIn.nextInt();
count++;
if (guess > TARGET)
System.out.print("Sorry - Your guess is too high \n");
else
if (guess < TARGET)
System.out.print("Sorry - Your guess is too low \n");
}
while(guess != TARGET && count < 6);
if(guess == TARGET) {
System.out.println("Congratulations! - You found it!");
System.out.println();
}
else {
System.out.println("Sorry - You have used all 6 guesses");
}
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Would you like to guess again? (yes/no)");
another = consoleIn.next();
}
}
You need to add another loop. Stylistically speaking, I would avoid using do...while loops, as they are difficult to read. I have included a while loop done the more traditional way to show you how blissfully sexy they are.
while(anotherFlag)
{
TARGET = generator.nextInt(100) + 1; //establishes the target number
System.out.print("Can you guess what it is?\n");
do
{ //beginning the loop
guess = consoleIn.nextInt();
count++;
if (guess > TARGET)
System.out.print("Sorry - Your guess is too high \n");
else
if (guess < TARGET)
System.out.print("Sorry - Your guess is too low \n");
}
while(guess != TARGET && count < 6);
if(guess == TARGET) {
System.out.println("Congratulations! - You found it!");
System.out.println();
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sorry - You have used all 6 guesses");
}
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Would you like to guess again? (yes/no)");
another = consoleIn.next();
}
The above won't work fully, you need to set anotherFlag to false if the user inputs 'no'. That should be a relatively simple exercise, but the above will get the program to loop over and over.