Help about Guess the Numbers Program in java

[macfrik]

Hey guys,
I'm new here. Hello. I have a question for you huys. I've been stuck here for more than 2 hours figuring this out.

Problem

Create a menu-driven "Guess the Number Game" that allows the player to choose from two options:

Version 1 - allows unlimited guesses
Version 2 - allows 5 guesses
Specifications

Create a GuessTheNumber class with the following members
Instance variables
keyBd : Scanner
myGuess, numberToGuess, count : Integer
Methods
GuessTheNumber( guess : Integer )
hint: initialize numberToGuess to guess, count to 0, create keyboard Scanner
showInstructions()
hint: displays "how to play the game" instructions for each version
version1()
hint: Guess3.java attached
version2()
hint: Guess4.java attached
Create a MenuGuess class that uses a menu to test the GuessTheNumber class
The menu will have the fallowing options
Instructions
Version 1
Version 2
Exit

Can anyone help me out here? I am totally confused and desperate. It is not on my textbook and I don't know anywhere else to search on.

Thank you very much.

[macfrik]

Anyone knows this? I'm stuck here. Thank you.

[Fubarable]

What's specifically your question?

[macfrik]

Create a menu-driven "Guess the Number Game" that allows the player to choose from two options:

Version 1 - allows unlimited guesses
Version 2 - allows 5 guesses

How to combine the 2 versions and make the GuessTheNumber class? What command did I miss?

[Fubarable]

Since both versions repeat, this should tell you that you will need loops. In one version, you know the maximum number of times the loop will occur, in the other you don't. That suggests to me that one will use a for loop that has a break statement in it if the game is solved, and the other will use a while loop. Do you know which will use which? Also, it may be easier to put these versions each in their own method and just have your menu call the appropriate method based on the user's selection.

[macfrik]

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class GuessTheNumber {

public static void main(String[] args) {
//declare variables
Scanner keyBd = new Scanner( System.in );
int myGuess, //player guess
numberToGuess, //random number to guess
count; //guesses used

//show introductory message
System.out.println("\nWelcome to Guess-My-Number\nA GAME of CHANCE and SKILL!");
System.out.println("You have 5 guesses - Good luck!");

//pick a random number between 1 and 25
//Random rNumGen = new Random();
//numberToGuess = 1 + rNumGen.nextInt(25);
numberToGuess = 13;

//give player only 5 tries to guess
for(count=1; count<=5; count++)
{
//get a number from the user
System.out.print("\nEnter a number between 1 and 25: ");
myGuess = keyBd.nextInt();

//good or bad guess??
if(myGuess < numberToGuess)
//guess too low
System.out.printf("\nYour guess [ %d ] was too low...\n", myGuess);
else if(myGuess > numberToGuess)
//guess too high
System.out.printf("\nYour guess [ %d ] was too high...\n", myGuess);
else
{
//good guess
System.out.printf("\nCongratulations!\nYou guessed [ %d ] in %d %s",
numberToGuess, count, (count>1)? "tries." : "try.");
break; //out of for
}//end else

System.out.printf("%s", count<5?"Try Again!":"\nSorry, Game Over!");
}//end for

if(count > 5)
{
//exceeded guesses allowed
System.out.printf("\nYou had your %d tries.\n", count-1);
}//end if

System.out.println();
}//end main()

}//end GuessTheNumber


This is my code. I don't know where to put the loop. Can you give me an idea/ Thank you so much for your reply.

[Fubarable]

1) plan the logic of the program on paper before trying to commit it to code. If you do it on paper, you will see for yourself where the loops should go.
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