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Thread: Broken loop - number guessing game.

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    Default Broken loop - number guessing game.

    I know I'm not the first to post this, but I've spent hours scouring other people's code, and I can't figure out what's wrong with mine. It says 'you win' even when I guess an incorrect number. And then the 'win' message keeps repeating. I'm thinking I need a way to generate a new input? And then maybe take the 'win' message out of the loop, but that breaks it too. Help?

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Oh since that screen shot wants to be tiny, here's the text:

    /**
    * Emily Caraballo's Guess a Number Game, v1.0
    */

    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Random;

    public class GuessNumber
    {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    Random rand = new Random();
    int randomNo = rand.nextInt(100) + 1; // Random Number Generated
    int guess; // Number user Guesses
    int attempts = 0; // Number of guesses

    guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a number 1-100"));
    attempts++;

    while (guess !=randomNo) {

    if (guess < randomNo)
    {
    JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Too low sucker! Guess a higher number.");
    }

    else if (guess < randomNo)
    {
    JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Woah! Guess a lower number.");
    }

    else if (guess <1 || guess >100)
    {
    JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Really? Did You read the instructions? " +
    "That number is not between 1-100, guess again.");
    }


    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You win!");
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The number was " + randomNo);
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You guessed in " + attempts + " tries.");
    }

    } // end main
    } // end class GuessNumber

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Welcome to the Forum! Please read this topic to learn how to post code correctly and other useful tips for newcomers.

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with code tags:
    [code=java]
    YOUR CODE GOES HERE
    [/code]
    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.
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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Thanks Greg & Norm, this looks much better.

    /** 
     * Emily Caraballo's Guess a Number Game, v1.0
     */
     
    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    public class GuessNumber
    {
    public static void main(String[] args)
       {
          Random rand = new Random(); 
          int randomNo = rand.nextInt(100) + 1;  // Random Number Generated
          int guess;                             // Number user Guesses
          int attempts = 0;                      // Number of guesses
     
          guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a number 1-100"));
          attempts++;
     
         while (guess !=randomNo)
    	 	{
     
             if (guess < randomNo)
             {
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Too low sucker! Guess a higher number.");
             }
     
             else if (guess < randomNo)
             {
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Woah! Guess a lower number.");
             }
     
             else if (guess <1 || guess >100)
             {
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Really? Did You read the instructions? " +
                "That number is not between 1-100, guess again.");
             }   
     
     
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You win!");
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The number was " + randomNo);
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You guessed in " + attempts + " tries.");
          }     
     
       } // end main
    } // end class GuessNumber

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    It says 'you win'
    Is the code that prints that message inside the while() loop? Where is there any code to prevent the message from printing every time the loop goes around?

    I need a way to generate a new input? And then maybe take the 'win' message out of the loop
    Yes both those guesses are correct. Those changes need to be made for the code to work properly.
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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Moving it outside the loop, and including new input. Now, program doesn't allow input at all, and generates 4 errors.
    Thanks for your patience!!

     
    /** 
     * Emily Caraballo's Guess a Number Game, v1.0
     */
     
    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    public class GuessNumber
    {
    public static void main(String[] args)
       {
          Random rand = new Random(); 
          int randomNo = rand.nextInt(100) + 1;  // Random Number Generated
          int guess;                             // Number user Guesses
          int attempts = 0;                      // Number of guesses
     
          guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter a number 1-100"));
          attempts++;
     
         while (guess !=randomNo)
    	 	{
     
             if (guess < randomNo)
             {
                guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Too low sucker! Guess a higher number.""));
             }
     
             else if (guess < randomNo)
             {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Woah! Guess a lower number.");
             }
     
             else if (guess <1 || guess >100)
             {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Really? Did You read the instructions? " +
                "That number is not between 1-100, guess again.");
             }   
     
          }
     
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You win!");
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The number was " + randomNo);
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You guessed in " + attempts + " tries.");
     
     
       } // end main
    } // end class GuessNumber

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    generates 4 errors.
    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here. It has important info about the error.

    Where is the value of guess changed inside of the loop? If the value does not change the loop will go forever and do the same thing.

    Add some code inside the loop to change the value of guess.
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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

     ----jGRASP exec: javac -g GuessNumber.java
    GuessNumber.java:25: error: unclosed string literal
                guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Too low sucker! Guess a higher number.""));
                                                                                                                   ^
    GuessNumber.java:25: error: ';' expected
                guess = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Too low sucker! Guess a higher number.""));
                                                                                                                       ^
    GuessNumber.java:28: error: 'else' without 'if'
             else if (guess < randomNo)
             ^
    GuessNumber.java:47: error: reached end of file while parsing
    } // end class GuessNumber
     ^
    4 errors
     
     ----jGRASP wedge: exit code for process is 1.
     ----jGRASP: operation complete.

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    Look at where the ^ beneath the statement line is pointing.
    How did that extra " get in the code? It wasn't there in the first post.
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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

    You can also take a look at the syntax highlighting in the code tags in your own post.
    You might see that there is quite a bit of blue color in the lower part of the while-loop. Maybe this might help you a little.

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    Default Re: Broken loop - number guessing game.

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