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    I have made a game which works fine, 1 hiccup though, at the start of the game a player is asked whether he wants to be a 0 or a X ( noughts and crosses game)..

    my problem is, if i get the player to enter 0 he is automatically set to player 2 ( and X is always player 1)....

    then it asked player 2 to input there name... but then it doesnt ask player 1 for there name....

    and vis versa if i input X it will go to player 1, i enter the name but it skips player 2 and goes in to the game calling player 2 "null"

    my code is

    if (userinput.equals ("x") {

    bufferReader

    Print please enter player 1's name....

    and so on

    with a try and catch in here...

    }

    else if (userinput != "X"){

    print please enter player 2's name

    and so on..

    with a try and catch in here...

    }

    im sure there is an easy solution to this but my mind is frazzled at the moment and i need some guidance...


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    Default Re: Help with loop problem

    Should the code ask for both players' names? Why not have separate questions for each player's name?
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    yes, basically i want it to ask for both players name, just that i need to ask whether the player wants to be a 0 or a X

    my code currently asks for both names, but when i add in the code for adding a 0 or being a X im unsure which loop to use, if its a loop, ive done a if, statement but thats just 1 or the other, therefore i only get 1 name as the result and the other is always set to "null" which i dont want....

    System.out.println("Do you want to be a 0 or a X???");
    String userinput = input.nextLine();

    if (userinput.equals ("X")){




    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
    System.in));
    System.out.println("Please enter Player 1's name: ");

    try {
    player1 = reader.readLine();
    } catch (IOException e1) {
    e1.printStackTrace();
    }

    System.out.println("You entered : " + player1 + " as Player 1");
    }

    else if (userinput != "X"){

    BufferedReader reader1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
    System.in));
    System.out.println("Please enter Player 2's name");

    try {
    player2 = reader1.readLine();
    } catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    }
    }
    thats the code i tried using but it doesnt work....

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    Default Re: Help with loop problem

    the other is always set to "null" which i dont want....
    Ask for the player's name if the value of the name variable is null.

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with code tags:
    [code=java]
    <YOUR CODE HERE>
    [/code]
    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.
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    Ah nice one thanks for the tag help.....

    i dont understand, why would i ask for the variable if its null?

    player 2 is always 0
    player 1 is always X

    so shouldnt there be some code that asks

    print do you want to be a nought or a cross

    if nought assign player 2

    else assign player 1

    but then i also want it to ask both players for names, this is the part where im struggling, i can get both to work separately, but asking for which 0 or X and what name u want im having real trouble with,

    thanks for your assistance! means a lot!


     
    System.out.println("Do you want to be a 0 or a X???");
    String userinput = input.nextLine();
     
    if (userinput.equals ("X")){
     
     
     
     
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
    System.in));
    System.out.println("Please enter Player 1's name: ");
     
    try {
    player1 = reader.readLine();
    } catch (IOException e1) {
    e1.printStackTrace();
    }
     
    System.out.println("You entered : " + player1 + " as Player 1");
    }
     
    else if (userinput != "X"){
     
    BufferedReader reader1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
    System.in));
    System.out.println("Please enter Player 2's name");
     
    try {
    player2 = reader1.readLine();
    } catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    }
    }

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    Default Re: Help with loop problem

    why would i ask for the variable if its null?
    Because of this:
    the other is always set to "null" which i dont want....
    The code in post#5 needs formatting. All statements should NOT start in the first column. Add some indentations to nested statements.
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