A little help needed building a small RPG

[CecoI]

Hi, i'm totally new to Java. I'm still learning and i need help with a little test project i'm working on. I'm making a small text based RPG and this is what i've come up for now.

import java.util.Scanner;

class Main {
public static void main(String args[]){

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
Player playerObject = new Player();

System.out.println("Welcome to the world of ??????!\n\nWhat is your name adventurer?");
String name = input.nextLine();
playerObject.playerName(name);

System.out.println("\nHow old are you?\n");
String age = input.nextLine();
playerObject.playerAge(age);

System.out.println("\n\nWhat is your race " + name + " Caucasian, Mongoloid, Australoid, Negroid, Capoid?");
}
}


public class Player {

public void playerName(String name){

System.out.println("Your name is " + name + ".");
}

public void playerAge(String age){

int userage = Integer.parseInt(age);
System.out.println("You are " + userage + (userage == 1 ? " year old, weird..." : " years old."));
}

public void playerRace(String race){


}
}

My thing is that i want the user to enter 'Caucasian' or another race in the console below and i want it to be saved in a variable or something else in the Player Class that i can later use it in texts or something else. My question is how can i do it? I tried like 'int Mongoloid = 1; int Caucasian = 2;' and the same with the others, and after that i tried to use them with the Switch Statement but it did not work. Can please somebody help me?

[romero4742]

not sure if this is what you mean but are you looking for a way to store attributes inside of a class object? for example store the "race" of a player inside the player class. If so then look into class members

[CecoI]

I'll look it up. My goal is the race that the user types in to get saved in/into something in that class, so i can use it later in development.

[romero4742]

I'll look it up. My goal is the race that the user types in to get saved in/into something in that class, so i can use it later in development.

This should definitely be it then. Good luck

[CecoI]

I don't get it, i can't think of how to use the Scanner input (the player race) when written to execute a command and automatically save itself in something even by reading the article. I need some more help.

[CecoI]

Nevermind, i got it. Not exactly what i wanted but i did something.

[JosAH]

@OP: don't remove your code (or any other part) from your original posting after you're done with your thread; other might stumble upon this thread later (through Google?) and they prefer to find a coherent, understandable text.

kind regards,

Jos