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help on Yahtzee

Oh sry I forgot to mention, that when I input the die to re roll, my program re rolls everysingle dice, Why this is happening??

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

ok guys this is what i have so far

/*Program Name: Yahtzee
Author: Martin Diaz Herrera
Submitted on:
Submitted to: Mr.Bertin
*/
// The "Yahtzee" class.
import java.awt.*;
import hsa.Console;
public class Yahtzee
{
static Console c; // The output console
static int rollTimes = 0;
public static void main (String [] args)
{
c = new Console ();
rollDice ();
c.println ("\n The Total score is:");
}
public static void rollDice ()
{
int [] dice = new int [5]; //Variable that stores my dice
int counter = 0;
rollTimes = rollTimes + 1; //Stores the roll times
for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++) //Loop that assigns a random number to each element of my array
{
counter++;
dice [i] = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1; //Generates the random numbers
c.println ("Die " + counter + ": " + dice [i]); //Print the line with the dice values
}
if (rollTimes != 3) //If the roll was casted 3 times then stop asking for a new roll
{
askDie ();
}
}
public static void askDie ()
{
int dice;
c.println ("Which di(c)e do you want to re-roll?");
dice = c.readInt ();
reRoll (dice);
}
public static int reRoll (int die)
{
die = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
rollDice ();
return die;
}
} // main method
// Yahtzee class

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Now, I think you should write a method that asks the user which dice to keep. We will worry about how to re-roll the other dice after you get that method finished.

Layne

Yes man, but thats the point, I can't get it done

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Originally posted by Layne Lund:
That's a great start. One comment: you can combine the first two lines into a single one. Also, you can put these few lines of code into a single method, say rollDice(). What will its return value and parameters be? Next, write a method that asks the user to enter which dice to keep. You can write yet another method to actually reroll the other dice, but worry about that later. When you get that far, post the whole class and we can keep helping you from there.

Layne

[ January 24, 2006: Message edited by: Layne Lund ]

OK so i added a reRoll method

How can I get the values of the dice random generated, cuz I need to ask the user if he want me to, which die to re-roll , plzz, can someone make that method for me, or explain me a bit more. I also need u guys to help me with how divide the random numbers into separate dies, for example, first number generated == die1, and so on, so in that way when the user asks me to re-roll let's say die number 4 and 5,how do only change those dice, plzz give me hand

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Understood. It's going to be hard if you try to replace the whole method at once, so I think you'll probably be better of sticking with the new short bit of code you just wrote, and "growing" it to gradually do all the things you wanted the original code to do.

So, what does this method (the short one you just wrote) print out? Does it print the same thing every time? Is there a way to can midify the code so that the results are random, like you're "rolling" the dice?

here's the thing Now that i use an array to generate 5 random dice, in a short form. But It's gettin a little bit harder for me trying to ask the user which dice to keep and which ones to re roll. And once the user says ok, I'm going to re roll 1 2 3, how can i re-roll, I'm stuck on that thing, this is what i have so far:

that's it, if you look to my first code, you'll se that the longest part of my code relays on the if statements used during re roll depending on user answer on which dice to re roll. Can you please tell me a shorter form to replace all those if statements

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

hey I'm sorry man, i forgot to create the dice on the loop random so I include this line

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Lol, yes man, But I'm having a hard time , don't know how to create a loop for replacing my bunch of if statements

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Ok I change it, sry about that

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Ok, there you go Hope this helps

int dice [];
dice = new int [6];
for (int i = 0 ; i < 6 ; i++)
{
dice [i] = i + 1;
c.println(dice[i]);
}

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

OK,lol, this is not a college class, it's an grade 12 class. the point is that if I use loops, i have to explain why did i chose loops, and for. Which will make my documentation longer anyways. but ok, I'm gonna do that, but let's start by replacing my code, and once again, I'm stuck in that, cuz if a change my code again, and start using loops, I'll still have the same problem doing the scoring method. plzz give me a hand on this, I don't know how to replace my rolling dice method with a loop, and none of my code.

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

After each roll, The program asks the user for which di(c)e to keep, let's say, if there were 2 dice equals, the player should want to keep them, to get a better score once the total amount of rolls finished (3). So the program only re-roll the di(c)e left over. Once you decide which one to keep.

Hope this helps!

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

Ok, so are u guys gonna help me, or just criticize my code?

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

this is my teacher's code, he gave it to me, becasue I was doing a gui, but he wanted me to stop doing it because of it's complicity, in that way he decided to give the whole class a non-gui code. he want us to generate the methods by using the "primitive" and long way. Without for statements, and while and so on.So the thing is it does have to be that long, cuz we are not allow to use the for loops i wanted to use.

19 years ago

Beginning Java

help on Yahtzee

I'm doing a game in Java called Yahtzee, i'm sure some of u may heard about it. Well if you haven't this program is a game that rolls 5 dice 3 times, random generated dice, and it ask the user which di(c)e to keep after every roll. You only have 3 chances to roll the dice and once you decide which dice keep, you can re-roll the others left. So where is the point in this game, well depending on the value of dice you come up with, will be the total score you will make. Here a brief explanation of the scoring:

three of a kind (3 dice of the same kind)score: sum of all the dice
four of a kind(4 dice of the same kind)score: sum of all the dice
full house(2 of one kind, 3 of another)score: 25 points
small straight(4 consecutive numbers) score: 30 points
straight(5 consecutive numbers) score: 40 points
Yahtzee (5 dice of the same kind)score: 50 points
Chance (any combination) score: sum of all the dice

This is what i have so far:

// The "Yahtzee" class.
import java.awt.*;
import hsa.Console;
public class Diaz_yahtzee
{
static Console c; // The output console
static int die1, die2, die3, die4, die5;
public static void main (String [] args)
{
c = new Console ();
c.println ("Welcome.");
c.println ("Press Enter to roll your dice.");
c.println (" ");
c.getChar ();
random ();
c.println ("Die 1 = " + die1 + "."); // Generates and applies numbers to their corresponding die.
c.println ("Die 2 = " + die2 + ".");
c.println ("Die 3 = " + die3 + ".");
c.println ("Die 4 = " + die4 + ".");
c.println ("Die 5 = " + die5 + ".");
c.println (" ");
c.println ("Now, which di(c)e would you like to re-roll?");
String str1 = "12345";
String choice;
int choice_as_integer;
choice = c.readLine ();
if (choice.length () == 1)
//process a reroll with one character
{
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if processing of re-roll with one character
if (choice.length () == 2)
//process a reroll with 2 characters
{
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 2 characters
if (choice.length () == 3)
//process a reroll with 3 characters
{
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 3 characters
if (choice.length () == 4)
//process a reroll with 4 characters
{
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (3) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 4 characters
if (choice.length () == 5)
//process a reroll with 5 characters
{
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (3) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer = choice.charAt (4) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 5 characters
c.println ("Die 1 = " + die1 + "."); // Generates and applies numbers to their corresponding die.
c.println ("Die 2 = " + die2 + ".");
c.println ("Die 3 = " + die3 + ".");
c.println ("Die 4 = " + die4 + ".");
c.println ("Die 5 = " + die5 + ".");
c.println (" ");
c.println ("Now, please select which di(c)e you would like to re-roll for a second time.");
String choice1;
int choice_as_integer1;
choice1 = c.readLine ();
if (choice1.length () == 1)
//process a reroll with one character
{
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if processing of reroll with one character
if (choice1.length () == 2)
//process a reroll with 2 characters
{
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 2 characters
if (choice1.length () == 3)
//process a reroll with 3 characters
{
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 3 characters
if (choice1.length () == 4)
//process a reroll with 4 characters
{
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (3) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 4 characters
if (choice1.length () == 5)
//process a reroll with 5 characters
{
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (0) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (1) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (2) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (3) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
choice_as_integer1 = choice1.charAt (4) - 48;
if (choice_as_integer1 == 1)
{
die1 = reroll_one_die (die1);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 2)
{
die2 = reroll_one_die (die2);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 3)
{
die3 = reroll_one_die (die3);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 4)
{
die4 = reroll_one_die (die4);
}
if (choice_as_integer1 == 5)
{
die5 = reroll_one_die (die5);
}
} //end outer if - 5 characters
c.println ("Die 1 = " + die1 + "."); // Generates and applies numbers to their corresponding die.
c.println ("Die 2 = " + die2 + ".");
c.println ("Die 3 = " + die3 + ".");
c.println ("Die 4 = " + die4 + ".");
c.println ("Die 5 = " + die5 + ".");
c.println (" ");
c.println ("And that's your final set, mang.");
} // main method
public static void random ()
{
die1 = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
die2 = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
die3 = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
die4 = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
die5 = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
}
public static int reroll_one_die (int die_to_reroll)
{
die_to_reroll = (int) (Math.random () * 6) + 1;
return die_to_reroll;
}
} // Yahtzee class

AS u may notice, I haven't being able to come up with the scoring method, and thats what i need the most, if you guys can give me a hand on this, that'll be very helpful.

19 years ago

Beginning Java

Use this class....

Thanks you all, I got it now.

19 years ago

Beginning Java