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Thank you! That actually means a lot. I'll certainly keep your comments in mind. I didn't even think of holding off on declaring variables until it came time to use them. When I first chalked it up in pseudocode, I wrote through the entire function to itemize the variables and types I would need and carelessly declared them at the beginning of the code.

Yeah, I noticed the inconsistency yesterday upon completion and went back to fix it. I come from a background in HTML, CSS, and some Javascript and a little experience in PHP, so I'm not sure why I didn't do it from the beginning. Haste, I suppose.

I plan on returning to this particular project in the future to compare how I do with a bit more familiarity with Java.

Excellent, rip-off! I can understand most of your code, but there are a still few parts that look new to me. The book that I'm reading now is just getting into exceptions and 'try..catch'. Haven't seen anything on 'throw new' yet, but I'm sure I will. Also, thank you for informing me of the difference between the "==" operator and 'equals()' method. I'll certainly consider that for future application. Like I said earlier though, this was the first program I'd written from scratch to suit my desires and I thought it turned out wonderfully, considering I've only been really reading heavily for about a week now. I'm still proud of it. I've finally stepped over that boundary of writing a functional (however arbitrary it may be) and interactive program. For the first time since I started reading, I feel like I might actually have a shot at this once I have some experience behind me.




Thank you both for you contributions! Everyone here has helped immensely and I greatly appreciate that. I'm glad I've joined the community.

challenge accepted :-)

public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] choices = new String[]{"Rock", "Paper", "Scissors"};
        System.out.println("What's your move?");
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
            System.out.println("\t" + (1 + i) + ". " + choices[i]);
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        int human = in.nextInt() - 1; //Get myMove
        int pc = (int) (3. * Math.random());//Get computerMove

        System.out.println("Computer chooses: " + choices[pc]);
        System.out.println("You choosed: " + choices[human]);

        int i = human - pc;
        if (pc == human)
            System.out.println("Tie!");
        else if (i == 1 || i == -2)
            System.out.println("You win!");
        else
            System.out.println("Computer wins!");
    }

for such a little programm a while loop will do, break out if the player don'T want to play another game.

lol! Show off




As a beginner, pieces of your solution looks foreign to me. Would you care to elaborate more with comments to specify what you're doing and when? If not, you're not obligated to. I'm just in Learning Mode, today because I'm happy that I achieved the results that I wanted to. This is the first interactive program I've started from scratch. And no matter how newbish my solution may be, I'm proud of it!




edit: By the way, you forgot to include 'import java.util.Scanner;'

So here's the final product (with a few changes from my initial post):

public class RockPaperScissors {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String win = "You win!";
		String lose = "Sorry. You lose.";
		String computerMove;
		String selection;
		int myMove;
		int rand;
		
		
		//Get myMove
		
		TextIO.putln("What's your move?");
		TextIO.putln();
		TextIO.putln("	1. Rock");
		TextIO.putln("	2. Paper");
		TextIO.putln("	3. Scissors");
		myMove = TextIO.getlnInt();
		
		//Get computerMove
		
		rand = (int)(3*Math.random());
		if ( rand == 0)
			computerMove = "Rock";
		else if (rand == 1)
			computerMove = "Paper";
		else
			computerMove = "Scissors";
		
		//Compare moves
		
		switch (myMove) {
		case 1:
			selection = "Rock";
				if (computerMove == "Paper")
					{TextIO.putln(lose);
					TextIO.putln();
					TextIO.putln(computerMove + " beats " + selection);}
				else if (computerMove == "Rock")
					TextIO.putln("Tie!");
				else
					{TextIO.putln(win);
					TextIO.putln();
					TextIO.putln(selection + " beats " + computerMove);}
				break;
		case 2:
			selection = "Paper";
				if (computerMove == "Scissors")
				{TextIO.putln(lose);
				TextIO.putln();
				TextIO.putln(computerMove + " beats " + selection );}
				else if (computerMove == "Paper")
					TextIO.putln("Tie!");
				else
				{TextIO.putln(win);
				TextIO.putln();
				TextIO.putln(selection + " beats " + computerMove);}
			break;
		case 3:
			selection = "Scissors";
				if (computerMove == "Rock")
				{TextIO.putln(lose);
				TextIO.putln();
				TextIO.putln(computerMove + " beats " + selection);}
				else if (computerMove == "Scissors")
					TextIO.putln("Tie!");
				else
				{TextIO.putln(win);
				TextIO.putln();
				TextIO.putln(selection + " beats " + computerMove);}
			break;
		default:
			TextIO.putln("You can't choose that! I quit!");
			System.exit(1);
				}
					
		}
	}

Is there anything anyone would've done differently? Also, rather than breaking from the case statement and ending the program, how can I go back to the beginning of the main class to start the game again?




edit: Nevermind. I'm pretty sure I can implement a boolean expression to determine whether or not the user would like to play again. (Although I'm not sure how to return to the beginning of the main class). Still, though. What would you have done differently?

Your if and your else inside switch (the ones it's complaining about) don't have any braces ({ }) on them!
If an if/else has more than one statement inside it, those statements need to be contained within braces.

This is what Java is seeing:

if (computerMove == "Paper")
            TextIO.putln(lose);
        //the 'if' just ended here
        TextIO.putln(computerMove);//this is outside of the if
        TextIO.putln(" beats ");
        TextIO.putln(selection);
        else //wtf, why is there an 'else' here that isn't connected to an 'if'?? ZOMG I'll report an error telling the user to delete it.
            TextIO.putln(win);
        TextIO.putln(selection);
        TextIO.putln(" beats ");
        TextIO.putln(computerMove);

Thank you for explaining in detail! Detail is always helpful I was aware that I could specifically define that multiple lines of code are within an 'if' statement with brackets, but I was afraid it would blind the compiler to everything outside of it.