[silverq_82]

Hi,

thanks for the reply. I guessed i missed out some important points. Please ignore the part where it gives the hint 'higher' or 'lower'. What I need to do is to create a scenario where the user inputs 5 random number from 1-9. After which, there has to be a comparison between the random generated unique numbers and user's input. Hints on the wrong positions and right positions are also to be stated.

Code:

private static void newGame() throws IOException
	{
		final int TOTAL_GUESS = 10;	//total number of guesses
		int guess;				//number of guesses
		int playerGuess;		     //player's guess
		boolean correctTry=false;	 //signal for correct guess
		String input;			       //input text data
		//int correctPos=0;		    //counts the correct position 
		//int rightNum;			      //counts the right number
		
		//Buffered reader to read console input
        BufferedReader console = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        		
		Scanner myScanner = new Scanner (System.in);
		
		//Random generator
    	Random gen = new Random();
    	int num = gen.nextInt(9) + 1;
    	   	
		//Generate 5 non-duplicate numbers hidden from user
	   	int mixcount=1;
		int setcount=5;					//mutator values
		int[] numbers = new int[5];		//declare and create array

			Random mix = new Random();
			for(int i = 0 ; i< numbers.length; i++)
		{
		boolean diff = false;

			while (!diff)
			{
				numbers[i] = mix.nextInt(9);
				diff=true;
				for (int j=0 ; j < i ; j++)
					{
						if (numbers[i]==numbers[j])
						{
							diff = false;
							break;
						}
					}
			}
			System.out.print(numbers[i]+" "); //remove this after all is complete 
		}
    	  	
    	//Player's input but only guessing 1 number how to guess 5 numbers in an array?
    	guess = 0;
    	while(guess < TOTAL_GUESS) {
    		System.out.println("Guess " + guess);
    		System.out.print("Enter five numbers (1 to 9): ");
    		input = console.readLine();
    		playerGuess = Integer.parseInt (input);
    		
    		if (playerGuess==num) {
                correctTry=true;
                break; // break out of the while loop
            }