How do I fix this issue?

[m4mm4l]

Im getting tons of logical errors...the pdf attached is the assignment sheet of what I have to do. The program I have to do is #1. Please help me mtproj.pdf

// Guess the Secret Letter Game
// Designed By: Ben Smith
// November 10th 2011
// Version: 1.0

import hsa. * ;

public class BenSmithGuessTheSecretLetterGame{
public static void main(String[] args){
Console con = new Console(40,60);

// Variables
String strMenuSelect;
String strGuess;
String strRand;
String strLetter;
int intCounter;
int intCounter2;
int intPoints;
int intRand;
int intLength;
int intLose;
int intMaxAlpha;

// Menu and User menu selection
con.println("Welcome to Guess the Secret Letter Game!!");
con.println(" *************");
con.println(" *****************");
con.println(" ****** ******");
con.println(" ***** ******");
con.println(" **** *****");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" *******");
con.println(" *******");
con.println(" ********");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" *****");
con.println("");
con.println(" ***");
con.println(" *****");
con.println(" ***");

// Defaulting Variables
intCounter = 0;
intCounter2= 0;
intPoints = 50;
intRand = 0;
intLose = 0;
intMaxAlpha = 26;
strMenuSelect = "";
strGuess = "";
strRand = "";
strLetter = "";

// Menu Seleciton
con.println("Menu");
con.println("==============");
con.println("(P)lay Game");
con.println("(I)nstructions");
con.println("(Q)uit");
con.println("Enter you selection here");
strMenuSelect = con.readLine();

// Generating the number and assigning a lettetr to a number
intRand = (int)(Math.random()*26+1);
if(intRand == 1){
strRand = ("a");
}else if(intRand == 2){
strRand = ("b");
}else if(intRand == 3){
strRand = ("c");
}else if(intRand == 4){
strRand = ("d");
}else if(intRand == 5){
strRand = ("e");
}else if(intRand == 6){
strRand = ("f");
}else if(intRand == 7){
strRand = ("g");
}else if(intRand == 8){
strRand = ("h");
}else if(intRand == 9){
strRand = ("i");
}else if(intRand == 10){
strRand = ("j");
}else if(intRand == 11){
strRand = ("k");
}else if(intRand == 12){
strRand = ("l");
}else if(intRand == 13){
strRand = ("m");
}else if(intRand == 14){
strRand = ("n");
}else if(intRand == 15){
strRand = ("o");
}else if(intRand == 16){
strRand = ("p");
}else if(intRand == 17){
strRand = ("q");
}else if(intRand == 18){
strRand = ("r");
}else if(intRand == 19){
strRand = ("s");
}else if(intRand == 20){
strRand = ("t");
}else if(intRand == 21){
strRand = ("u");
}else if(intRand == 22){
strRand = ("v");
}else if(intRand == 23){
strRand = ("w");
}else if(intRand == 24){
strRand = ("x");
}else if(intRand == 25){
strRand = ("y");
}else if(intRand == 26){
strRand = ("z");
}
con.println(strRand); // Prints the randomly gen'd letter on the main console

// Play Game Code
if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("P")){
Console con2 = new Console();
con2.println("You selected Play Game");
con2.println("==============");
con2.println("You currently have 50 points");
for(intCounter = 0; intCounter <= intLose; intCounter--){
con2.println("Enter a word with the secret letter in it");
strGuess = con2.readLine();

for(intCounter2 = 0; intCounter2 < strGuess.length(); intCounter2++){
if(strRand.equals (strGuess)){
strLetter = strGuess.substring(intCounter2, intCounter2+1);
while(strGuess.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){ // Verifys that the guess equals the gen'd letter
if(strLetter.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){ // If the guess equals the gen'd letter then it runs the game code
intPoints = 0;
con2.println("YOU WIN!!!");
break;
}
}
}else if(!strLetter.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){
con2.println("WRONG DEDUCTING 5 POINTS!");
intPoints = intPoints-5;
}
if(strGuess.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){
intLength = strLetter.length();
}

if(intPoints < 0){
con2.println("YOU LOSE!!");
}
}
}
}

// Instructions
if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("I")){
Console con3 = new Console();
con3.println("You selected Instructions");
con3.println("How to play");
con3.println("====================");
con3.println("You start with 50 points. A secret");
con3.println("letter will be generated and you have");
con3.println("to enter a word with that letter in it.");
con3.println("If the word you enter does not have");
con3.println("the secret letter then you will lose 10 ");
con3.println("points. If the word you enter has the ");
con3.println("letter once or up to 4 times then you ");
con3.println("lose 5 points. If the word you enter ");
con3.println("has the letter 5 times or more you win! ");
con3.println("If your points are 0 or less then you lose.");
}

// Quit
if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("Q")){
con.println("=============");
con.println("Thank you for playing Guess the Secret Letter!!");
con.println("Created By: Ben Smith");
}

}
}

[Junky]

How do you fix what? Unless you tell us what your problems are we have no idea how to help.

[kevinn205]

Step one, Download eclipse or another good ide

Step two look for errors and figure out why they are they, if your unsure specificly ask on certain code lines

[m4mm4l]

true, okay so the program has to ask you to enter a word. At the same time it randomly generates a letter. Say you enter "word" and the letter it generates is "r"...If there is 4 or less randomly gen'd letters in the word you enter it only takes away 5 points, but if you enter a word that has no secret letters in it, it takes away 10 points....my problem is, is that I cant figure out how to make it do that. If I enter the secret letter once it says "you win", but if I enter the letter multiple times it doesn't work. (what I have to do is on the PDF attached)

[m4mm4l]

I use Crimsion Editior

[Junky]

I haven't read your code as it is unformatted and hard to read. In future place [ code ] before and [ /code ] after your code (without the spaces).

You need to loop over the word entered by the user and compare each char with the secret letter. If it matches increment a count. After that if count is greater than zero subtract 5 points else subtract 10 points. By the way your massive if statement generating the secret letter can be replaced with a single line. Here's a hint:

System.out.println((char)(0 + 'a'));
System.out.println((char)(25 + 'a'));

[m4mm4l]

Thank you sooo much!! it works now. And its my first time programming so I'll keep that in mind. Thanks again!

[m4mm4l]

do you mean like this:

 // Guess the Secret Letter Game
 // Designed By: Ben Smith
 // November 10th 2011
 // Version: 1.0
 
import hsa. * ; 

public class BenSmithGuessTheSecretLetterGame{
 public static void main(String[] args){
 Console con = new Console(40,60);

 // Variables
 String strMenuSelect;
 String strGuess;
 String strRand;
 String strLetter;
 int intCounter;
 int intCounter2;
 int intPoints;
 int intRand;
 int intLength;
 int intLose;
 int intMaxAlpha;

 // Menu and User menu selection
 con.println("Welcome to Guess the Secret Letter Game!!");
 con.println(" *************");
 con.println(" *****************");
 con.println(" ****** ******");
 con.println(" ***** ******");
 con.println(" **** *****");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" *******");
 con.println(" *******");
 con.println(" ********");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println("");
 con.println(" ***");
 con.println(" *****");
 con.println(" ***");

 // Defaulting Variables
 intCounter = 0; 
intCounter2= 0;
 intPoints = 50;
 intRand = 0;
 intLose = 0;
 intMaxAlpha = 26;
 strMenuSelect = "";
 strGuess = "";
 strRand = "";
 strLetter = ""; 

// Menu Seleciton
 con.println("Menu");
 con.println("==============");
 con.println("(P)lay Game");
 con.println("(I)nstructions");
 con.println("(Q)uit");
 con.println("Enter you selection here");
 strMenuSelect = con.readLine();

 // Generating the number and assigning a lettetr to a number 
intRand = (int)(Math.random()*26+1);
 if(intRand == 1){
 strRand = ("a");
 }else if(intRand == 2){
 strRand = ("b"); 
}else if(intRand == 3){
 strRand = ("c"); 
}else if(intRand == 4){
 strRand = ("d"); 
}else if(intRand == 5){
 strRand = ("e"); 
}else if(intRand == 6){
 strRand = ("f"); 
}else if(intRand == 7){
 strRand = ("g"); 
}else if(intRand == 8){
 strRand = ("h"); 
}else if(intRand == 9){
 strRand = ("i"); 
}else if(intRand == 10){
 strRand = ("j"); 
}else if(intRand == 11){
 strRand = ("k");
 }else if(intRand == 12){
 strRand = ("l"); 
}else if(intRand == 13){
 strRand = ("m"); 
}else if(intRand == 14){
 strRand = ("n"); 
}else if(intRand == 15){
 strRand = ("o"); 
}else if(intRand == 16){
 strRand = ("p"); 
}else if(intRand == 17){
 strRand = ("q"); 
}else if(intRand == 18){
 strRand = ("r"); 
}else if(intRand == 19){
 strRand = ("s"); 
}else if(intRand == 20){
 strRand = ("t"); 
}else if(intRand == 21){
 strRand = ("u"); 
}else if(intRand == 22){
 strRand = ("v"); 
}else if(intRand == 23){
 strRand = ("w"); 
}else if(intRand == 24){
 strRand = ("x"); 
}else if(intRand == 25){
 strRand = ("y"); 
}else if(intRand == 26){
 strRand = ("z");
 }
 con.println(strRand); // Prints the randomly gen'd letter on the main console

 // Play Game Code
 if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("P")){
 Console con2 = new Console();
 con2.println("You selected Play Game");
 con2.println("==============");
 con2.println("You currently have 50 points");
 for(intCounter = 0; intCounter <= intLose; intCounter--){ 
con2.println("Enter a word with the secret letter in it");
 strGuess = con2.readLine();

 for(intCounter2 = 0; intCounter2 < strGuess.length(); intCounter2++){
 if(strRand.equals (strGuess)){ 
strLetter = strGuess.substring(intCounter2, intCounter2+1);
 while(strGuess.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){ // Verifys that the guess equals the gen'd letter
 if(strLetter.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){ // If the guess equals the gen'd letter then it runs the game code
 intPoints = 0;
 con2.println("YOU WIN!!!");
 break;
 }
 }
 }else if(!strLetter.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){
 con2.println("WRONG DEDUCTING 5 POINTS!");
 intPoints = intPoints-5; 
}
 if(strGuess.equalsIgnoreCase(strRand)){
 intLength = strLetter.length();
 }

 if(intPoints < 0){
 con2.println("YOU LOSE!!"); 
} 
}
 }
 }

 // Instructions
 if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("I")){
 Console con3 = new Console();
 con3.println("You selected Instructions");
 con3.println("How to play");
 con3.println("====================");
 con3.println("You start with 50 points. A secret");
 con3.println("letter will be generated and you have");
 con3.println("to enter a word with that letter in it.");
 con3.println("If the word you enter does not have");
 con3.println("the secret letter then you will lose 10 ");
 con3.println("points. If the word you enter has the ");
 con3.println("letter once or up to 4 times then you ");
 con3.println("lose 5 points. If the word you enter ");
 con3.println("has the letter 5 times or more you win! ");
 con3.println("If your points are 0 or less then you lose.");
 } 

// Quit
 if(strMenuSelect.equalsIgnoreCase("Q")){
 con.println("=============");
 con.println("Thank you for playing Guess the Secret Letter!!");
 con.println("Created By: Ben Smith");
 }

 }
 }

[Junky]

That managed to wrap code tags around it but it is still hard to read due to lack of indentation.