Help with loops

[pg5678pg]

I am trying to to make a simple math question that the user will answer, and if the answer is solved it will move on to the next question, if not it will repeat the question until its solved. I cant figure out how to loop the question until solved. Ive tried using the if and while staement nut cant get it to work. Is there a simple way to do this, I only started learning java yesterday so it has to be fairly simple. This is what ive got so far:


import java.util.Scanner;


public class MathQuestion {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Question1();
Question2();

}
public static void Question1(){
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("23 + 19 = ");
int x = scan.nextInt();
if (x == 42) {System.out.println("Correct!");}
else if (x != 42) {System.out.println("Wrong");}}

public static void Question2(){
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("46 - 16 =");
int y = scan.nextInt();
if (y == 30) {System.out.println("Correct!");}
else if (y != 30) {System.out.println("Wrong");}}

}

[JosAH]

try something like this...

Better the OP doesn't; throw that crappy program away.

kind regards,

Jos

[pg5678pg]

Better the OP doesn't; throw that crappy program away.

kind regards,

Jos

Im sorry but did you read the post, it says i only started to learn java yesterday, im sorry im not an expert programmer after one day, why dont you piss off if you have no actual help.

Sorry JosAH i thought that post was aimed at me, my mistake.

[m00nchile]

How about making your question methods return a boolean, that way you can use it as a condition of a do while loop.

[curmudgeon]

There are several ways to solve something like this. One thing you can do is rather than have your Question method (which should be renamed question method since methods should all begin with lower case letters) return a boolean, true if the question has been answered and false if not. Then your main method could do something as simple as:

while (!question1()) {
   System.out.println("Please try again!");
}

Please note that again this is not the only way to solve this, and in fact not how I'd solve this, as try to use OOPS ideas including creating a class to read in the question text from a file, creating a class to encapsulate the concept of a question (with fields to hold question text, correct answer, and possibly incorrect answers if multiple choice), creating a class that accepts a Question object and uses this to ask the user the question, .... but I'm guessing that you're not quite into creating classes yet.

Much luck!

[edit: beaten by Moon!!]

[m00nchile]

Im sorry but did you read the post, it says i only started to learn java yesterday, im sorry im not an expert programmer after one day, why dont you piss off if you have no actual help.

If you look at Jos' post, it should be clear that he is referring to a deleted post, not yours.

@curmudgeon: maybe I beat you to the punch, but you elaborated way more :D

[JosAH]

Im sorry but did you read the post, it says i only started to learn java yesterday, im sorry im not an expert programmer after one day, why dont you piss off if you have no actual help.

I didn't refer to your original post; I was replying to an utmost crappy answer and I won't piss off because you suggested me to do so. Please pay attention, I didn't remove that crappy post.

kind regards,

Jos

[pg5678pg]

There are several ways to solve something like this. One thing you can do is rather than have your Question method (which should be renamed question method since methods should all begin with lower case letters) return a boolean, true if the question has been answered and false if not. Then your main method could do something as simple as:

while (!question1()) {
   System.out.println("Please try again!");
}

Please note that again this is not the only way to solve this, and in fact not how I'd solve this, as try to use OOPS ideas including creating a class to read in the question text from a file, creating a class to encapsulate the concept of a question (with fields to hold question text, correct answer, and possibly incorrect answers if multiple choice), creating a class that accepts a Question object and uses this to ask the user the question, .... but I'm guessing that you're not quite into creating classes yet.

Much luck!

[edit: beaten by Moon!!]

Thank you very much it works now.

[Fubarable]

I was the one who deleted Bgreen7887's post. I apologize for any confusion it caused.