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Thread: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

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    Default Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Ok, here's what I got.

     
    import java.util.Random;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    /*
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    public class demoGuessGame {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            Random any = new Random();
            Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in); 
     
            try {
     
            int maxNum, maxTries, guess;
            boolean win = false;
     
            maxNum = any.nextInt(10);
            maxTries = 0;   
     
     
            while (win == false)
            {
     
                System.out.print("\n" + "Pick a number between 1 and 10: ");
                guess = input.nextInt();
                maxTries++;
     
                if (guess == maxNum)
                {
     
                    win = true;
     
                }
     
                else if (guess <= maxNum)
                {
     
                    System.out.println("\n" + "The number you picked is TOO LOW.");
     
                }
     
                else if (guess >= maxNum)
                {
     
                    System.out.println("\n" + "The number you picked is TOO HIGH.");
     
                }
     
            } 
     
                System.out.println("\n" + "YOU WIN!");
                System.out.println("The number was: " + maxNum);
                System.out.println("It took this many tries to get it right: " + maxTries);
     
            } // end of the try section
     
          catch(Exception msg)
          {
     
        	input.next();
        	System.out.println("\n" + "Sorry, invalid input- " + msg + " exception try again ");
     
          } //end of the catch section
     
        }  
    }


    I want to make it loop again when asked, "Do you want to play again?"

    But I don't know how. Does anyone know how to?


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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    You already know how to loop until you win.

    Why don't you do the same thing to loop until you quit?

    Hint: It might help if you put your current code inside a function called doOneGame().
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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    No, not like that.

    I meant for the program to loop again after you win.

    Like this:

    YOU WIN!
    The number was: #
    It took you this many tries to get it right:

    Do you want to play again? Y/N?:


    Do you know how to get it to work?

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    I understand exactly what you meant.

    The process will be the same. You'll have to use a loop to repeat the process. Putting your existing code in a method named doOneGame() might help.
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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    make a new boolean called "Again".(=true)
    Then make a while before the program starts. ( While (Again = True)
    after the program finishes you ask the scanner to do Y/N
    Then when they say Yes make the boolean true
    and when they say no make the boolean false!
    Hope this helped!

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Quote Originally Posted by Niels van Ee View Post
    make a new boolean called "Again".(=true)
    Then make a while before the program starts. ( While (Again = True)
    after the program finishes you ask the scanner to do Y/N
    Then when they say Yes make the boolean true
    and when they say no make the boolean false!
    Hope this helped!
    Can you show me by using my code for an example?

    I need to be sure so as I don't get all mixed up.

    You can use my code to help you.

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Quote Originally Posted by LooneyTunerIan View Post
    Can you show me by using my code for an example?

    I need to be sure so as I don't get all mixed up.

    You can use my code to help you.
    Sorry it's kinda hard and i don't want to rewrite the script etc etc. Good luck with the project! but now you know how to do it I suppose. Hope you can figure it out.

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    import java.util.Random;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    /*
     * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
     * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
     * and open the template in the editor.
     */
     
    public class demoGuessGame3 
    {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
     
            Random any = new Random();
            Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in); 
            boolean again;
     
            while (again = true)
            {
     
            try 
            {
     
            int maxNum, maxTries, guess;
            boolean win = false;
     
            maxNum = any.nextInt(10);
            maxTries = 0;   
     
                while (win == false)
                {
     
                    System.out.print("\n" + "Pick a number between 1 and 10: ");
                    guess = input.nextInt();
                    maxTries++;
     
                    if (guess == maxNum)
                    {
     
                        win = true;
     
                    }
     
                    else if (guess <= maxNum)
                    {
     
                        System.out.println("\n" + "The number you picked is TOO LOW.");
     
                    }
     
                    else if (guess >= maxNum)
                    {
     
                        System.out.println("\n" + "The number you picked is TOO HIGH.");
     
                    }
     
            System.out.println("\n" + "YOU WIN!");
            System.out.println("The number was: " + maxNum);
            System.out.println("It took you this many tries to get it right: " + maxTries);
     
            } 
     
          }// end of the try section
     
          catch(Exception msg)
          {
     
        	input.next();
        	System.out.println("\n" + "Sorry, invalid input- " + msg + " exception try again ");
     
          } //end of the catch section
     
       }
     
            }   
    }


    Here's what I got so far.

    What do I do next?
    Last edited by LooneyTunerIan; April 8th, 2014 at 06:13 PM.

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Start by reviewing this statement:

    while (again = true)

    Then consider that a boolean does not need to be checked for its equality to 'false' or 'true' in a conditional statement, because it IS false or true. With that in mind,

    while ( again ), and

    while ( !win )

    are sufficient.

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Can you show me by using my code for an example?

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    Default Re: Guessing Game Demo, wanting to add a doAgain Loop, but I don't know how to.

    Quote Originally Posted by LooneyTunerIan View Post
    Can you show me by using my code for an example?
    He already did.

    This is an assignment statement:

    again = true

    This is a comparison statement:

    again == true

    But you don't need to use explicit comparison on a boolean, just use it directly:

    if(again)
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