How do I make a coin flip race in getting two heads and two tails consecutively in Java

Question

I just started coding with more complex methods than the main method. I was given an assignment to make a race with three coins. Whichever coin flips 2 heads and 2 tails first in that order wins. I coded an if else statement to determine which coin wins but neither of the if statements are ever executed. Please tell me if you see an error in my if else statements or somewhere else. I also have to other programs of code that include other methods.

public class FlipRace
{



public static void main (String[] args)
   {
  final int GOALHEAD = 2;
  final int GOALTAIL = 2;
  int count1 = 0, count2 = 0, count3 = 0, count10 = 0, count20 = 0, count30 = 0;

  // Create three separate coin objects
  Coin coin1 = new Coin();
  Coin coin2 = new Coin();
  Coin coin3 = new Coin();

  while (count1 <= GOALHEAD && count10 <= GOALTAIL || count2 <= GOALHEAD && count20 <= GOALTAIL || count3 <= GOALHEAD && count30 <= GOALTAIL)
  {
     coin1.flip();
     coin2.flip();
     coin3.flip();

     // Print the flip results (uses Coin's toString method)
     System.out.print ("Coin 1: " + coin1);
     System.out.println ("   Coin 2: " + coin2);
     System.out.println ("      Coin 3: " + coin3);

     // Increment or reset the counters
     if (coin1.isHeads())
        count1++;
     else
        count10++;
     if (coin2.isHeads())
        count2++;
     else
        count20++;
     if (coin3.isHeads())
        count3++;
     else
        count30++;
  }

  // Determine the winner
  if (count1 == GOALHEAD && count10 == GOALTAIL)
     System.out.println ("Coin 1 wins!");

  else if (count2 == GOALHEAD && count20 == GOALTAIL)
   System.out.println ("Coin 2 wins!");

  else if (count3 == GOALHEAD && count30 == GOALTAIL)
   System.out.println ("Coin 3 wins!");

       else
        System.out.println ("It's a TIE!");


 }
}

Here is my output:

    Coin 1: Heads   Coin 2: Heads
      Coin 3: Tails
Coin 1: Heads   Coin 2: Heads
      Coin 3: Heads
Coin 1: Heads   Coin 2: Tails
      Coin 3: Heads
Coin 1: Heads   Coin 2: Heads
      Coin 3: Tails
Coin 1: Heads   Coin 2: Tails
      Coin 3: Heads
It's a TIE!// this message comes up every time because something is wrong

Answer 1

try changing your comparison to

if (count1 >= GOALHEAD && count10 >= GOALTAIL)
     System.out.println ("Coin 1 wins!");

  else if (count2 >= GOALHEAD && count20 >= GOALTAIL)
   System.out.println ("Coin 2 wins!");

  else if (count3 >= GOALHEAD && count30 >= GOALTAIL)
   System.out.println ("Coin 3 wins!");

       else
        System.out.println ("It's a TIE!");

of course another way would to simply debug your code and inspect the values