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    Angry Infinite Looping problem

    Its a basic program that is played by 2 people. Player one is suppose to type a number and the second player is suppose to guess the number. However after I test it out, and if I guess too low or too high I get stuck in "Your guess is too low, try again." infinite loop and I have no idea what is wrong.
    import java.io.*;
     
    class GuessingGame
             {
                public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
                   {
                      BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in));
                      String firstPlayer, secondPlayer;
                      int firstInput, secondInput;
                      int guessCount = 0;
     
                      System.out.println("Player One, please input any integer lower than 1000");
                      firstPlayer = stdin.readLine ();
                      firstInput = Integer.parseInt (firstPlayer);
     
                      System.out.println("Player Two, please guess the number");
                      secondPlayer = stdin.readLine ();
                      secondInput = Integer.parseInt (secondPlayer);
     
                      {
     
                         while (secondInput < firstInput)
                            {
                               System.out.println("Your guess was too low, try again.");
                               guessCount ++;
                            }
                      }
     
     
                      {
                         while (secondInput > firstInput)
                            {
                               System.out.println("Your guess was too high, try again.");
                               guessCount ++;
     
                            }
                      }
     
     
     
                      if (secondInput == firstInput)
                         {
                            System.out.println("You have guessed the correct number, the correct number was: " + firstInput);
                            guessCount ++;
                            System.out.println("Your total guess was: "+ guessCount);
     
                         }
     
                  }
     
       }


    Please help!


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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    With most loops, if the condition to end the loop is never reached, the loop goes forever.
    With the loop in the code it will continue until (secondInput < firstInput) is false. For that to happen the value of one or the other or both of those variables must change.

    Why use a loop? Would an if work?
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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    Welcome to the forum! Thanks for taking the time to learn how to post code correctly. If you haven't already, please read this topic to learn other useful info for new members.

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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    but if I use "if" it doesn't ask back for another guess even though its wrong.

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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    You need to consider where the loop should be and when to exit the loop.
    Basically:
    stay in the loop until the right answer or the maximum guesses have been made.
    Exit the loop with the correct guess.
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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    I am really sorry for being really hard to deal with, but I quite don't understand what you mean. I am really confused to whether once the guess is wrong, can it go back to the "guessing" line again or will it just keep being stuck at its "while" infinite loop?

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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    The logic could be something like this:
    init variables
    begin loop
    ask question
    get response
    if correct answer -> exit loop
    print message describing wrong answer
    end loop
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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    Ok, so last question is there a command for end loop? or is is just use of squiggly brackets?

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    Default Re: Infinite Looping problem

    The end of the loop would be the } for a while loop.
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    ok, thanks a lot for helping me. I kinda get what I need to do now thanks to you

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    ok. Good luck. Come back if you have more problems.
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