Thread: Dice Roller

I am a very beginner (5 days) and I am trying to make a program that generates frequency on whatever sided dice you want. I dont want to know how to make it more efficient. Just what I did wrong. Here's the code:

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
 
public class dieRoll 
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		Random rand = new Random();
		System.out.println("Type number of sides on die: ");
		int faces = input.nextInt();
		int freq[] = new int[1 + faces];
		for(int roll = 1; roll < 1000; roll++)
		{
			++freq[1 + rand.nextInt(faces)];
		}
		System.out.println("Face\tFrequency");
		for(int side = 1; side < freq.length; side++);
		{
			System.out.println(side+ "\t" + freq[side]);
		}
	}
}

And here's the problem:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
	side cannot be resolved to a variable
	side cannot be resolved to a variable
 
	at dieRoll.main(dieRoll.java:20)

the problem is the last print line.

The error is telling you that the variable named 'side' is not a valid variable name on line 20 of the dieRoll class.
Something must have caused the scope of the variable to end before you thought it would. Try looking on through the lines of code starting with where the variable was declared, moving down to where the variable is not able to be used. See what caused the variable's scope to end.

The variable was declared as the index counter in your for loop, so the variable is good through the scope of the for loop.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
	side cannot be resolved to a variable
	side cannot be resolved to a variable
 
	at dieRoll.main(dieRoll.java:20)

the problem is the last print line.

The problem is you're trying to run code that won't compile -- never do that. Instead compile your java file, find the compilation errors that are reported, and then fix them and compile again. Don't try to run the class until all compilation problems are fixed. If you're still stuck, you'll want to show us your complete compiler error message and indicate for us which lines are causing the errors. So, please show us, which line is line 20?

what I don't get is that I have this:

import java.util.Random;
 
public class diceRoll 
{
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Random rand = new Random();
		int freq[] = new int[7];
		for(int roll = 1; roll < 1000; roll++)
		{
			++freq[1 + rand.nextInt(6)];
		}
		System.out.println("Face\tFrequency");
		for(int face = 1; face < freq.length; face++)
		{
			System.out.println(face + "\t" + freq[face]);
		}
	}
}

which seems to me to be exactly the same but a little bit simpler and it still works.

line 20 is

System.out.println(side+ "\t" + freq[side]);

it is the last println

The hint given earlier is that the variable is visible through the scope of the for loop. The problem is not the variable, the problem is the scope of the for loop has been cut short. Compare the lines of code you used to see why.

for(int face = 1; face < freq.length; face++)

is not exactly like

for(int side = 1; side < freq.length; side++);

OMG I feel like such an idiot! I have been stuck on this for so long. Thank you so much!