What is wrong with this code?

[Mrah Mrah]

//***********************************************************************
// xxxxxProject 4-411/26/05
// Design and implement a class called PairOfDice, with two six-sided
// Die objects. Create a driver class called BoxCars with a main method
// that rolls a PairOfDice object 1000 time, counting the number of box
// cars (two sixes) that occur.
//***********************************************************************
 
import cs1.Keyboard;
import java.util.Random;
import java.lang.Math;
 
public class P4_4 
{

int sides = 6;
// Creates the 2 die objects +  and rolls them.
    Die Dice1 = new Die(sides);
    Die Dice2 = new Die(sides);
    Dice1.roll();
    Dice2.roll();
    System.out.println("You rolled a " +die1 +die2);
 


// rolls the dice.
public void roll() 
{
DiceRoll = (int) (Math.random()*sides) + 1;
        
    }
    
}

It keeps saying <identifier> expected on the Dice1.roll(); and the next 2 lines

ARGHH. Im new to java and i dont understand what im doing wrong

[ November 27, 2005: Message edited by: Mrah Mrah ]
[ November 27, 2005: Message edited by: Mrah Mrah ]

[Svend Rost]

Hi,

and welcome to the JavaRanch. Let me see if I can give you a few pointers,
so you can continue your school project/assignment.

Before I can help you, I need you to clarify the following:
1)
Why did you locate the method calls where you did? in the class P4_4

2)

  Die Dice1 = new Die(sides);

Please explain the "public interface" of the Die class (i.e. it's public
methods). Btw. according to the "Java naming convention" we name references
or variables with a lowercase character as the first character (e.g.
Person svend = new Person())

3)

 System.out.println("You rolled a " +die1 +die2); 

What's die1 and die2?

4)

DiceRoll = (int) (Math.random()*sides) + 1; 

Please take an extra look at the lefthand side of this assignment.


Happy coding.

/Svend Rost

[Chad Clites]

Not to mention it is not nice to post the same question at multiple forums..