This program compiles but doesnt run properly!

[ErikD99]

This code compiles, but it doesnt generate a random number.. any suggestions?

import java.util.Scanner;

public class DanielsonErikA4Q1{

int maximum;


	public static void main(String[]args){
	int numRolls;
	int maximum;
	int rif=0;

	Scanner kbd=new Scanner(System.in);

	System.out.println("Enter the number of sides on the dice");
	maximum=kbd.nextInt();

	System.out.println("Enter the number of rolls");
	numRolls=kbd.nextInt();

	generateRandomNumber(maximum);

	System.out.println("numsides is "+maximum+
	"\nnumrolls is "+numRolls);

	System.out.println("random is " +rif);


	}// close main
			public static void initializeArray(int initValue, int[] array){

			}//close initializeArray

			public static int generateRandomNumber(int maximum){


				int rif=(int)(Math.random()*10)+1;


					if(rif<=maximum){

					return rif;

					}

					else{

					while(rif>maximum){

					maximum=(int)(Math.random()*10)+1;

					}

					return rif;
					}

			}//close

}

[KevinWorkman]

What does it generate instead?

Your indenting makes me cry.

Hint: You don't do anything with the value returned from generateRandomNumber(). Just because two variables share the same name in different scope, that doesn't mean setting one magically sets the other. Hope that helps.

[ErikD99]

thank you. but it returns 0 all the time. how do i make it return the random number i generated from the generateRandomNumber method?

[KevinWorkman]

Work your way through main. When do you change the value of the "rif" variable? Keep in mind that the rif variable in main is completely different from the rif variable in your generateRandomNumber() method.

[gabrielfirestorm]

				int rif=(int)(Math.random()*10)+1;


					if(rif<=maximum){

					return rif;

					}

					else{

					while(rif>maximum){

					maximum=(int)(Math.random()*10)+1;

					}

					return rif;
					}

			}//close

}

quick question cause i a bit new to java but would this portion only generate a d10?

[SmilingKey]

try to save rif value in your main class:

rif = generateRandomNumber(maximum);