Thread: Java User-Input bug (not continuing); NOVICE

Hello, I hope to be a member here a while, and as my first official post, I would like to issue my novice bug. I know, you will find it extremely easy. I am trying to make a text-adventure as my first step to game programming, and I ended with a bug with user input that doesn't continue the user-input.

Here is the code:

Game.java

package main;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Game extends Variables {
 
	public Game() {
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Main.start();
	}
}

Variables.java

package main;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Variables {
static Scanner i = new Scanner(System.in); 
	public static String direction = "";
 
	public static void sleep() {
		try {
			Thread.sleep(1000);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
 
	public static void space() {
		System.out.println("");
	}
}

Main.java

package main;
 
public class Main extends Variables {
 
	public static void start() {
		System.out.println("You wake up lost, washed ashore on a beach. All you see in sight is a twig, a rock, and lots of sand.");
		System.out.println("COMMANDS: go \n" + "OPTIONS: North, South, East, West");
		direction = i.nextLine();
 
		if(direction.equals("North")) {
			north();
		} else if(direction.equals("north")) {
			north();
 
 
		} else if(direction.equals("South")) {
			south();
		} else if(direction.equals("south")) {
			south();
 
 
		} else if(direction.equals("East")) {
			east();
		} else if(direction.equals("east")) {
			east();
 
 
		} else if(direction.equals("West")) {
			west();
		} else if(direction.equals("west")) {
			west();
		}
	}
 
	public static void north() {
		System.out.println("You have traveled north into a forest, where you see a turtle resting on a rock, nothing special in this direction.");
		sleep();
		System.out.println("Please choose an action:");
		direction = i.nextLine();
	}
	public static void south() {
		System.out.println("I wouldn't go that way, there is an aweful lot of water there.");
		sleep();
		System.out.println("Please choose an action:");
		direction = i.nextLine();
	}
	public static void east() {
		System.out.println("Oh, a snake, it's staring and hissing at you. I would get some defense before I go there.");
		sleep();
		System.out.println("Please choose an action:");
		direction = i.nextLine();
	}
	public static void west() {
		System.out.println("I see rope  and some fish stuck in shore, flopping");
		sleep();
		System.out.println("Please choose an action:");
		direction = i.nextLine();
	}
}

Add some println statements to show where the code is executing to find out the last place it executes before it terminates.

Same advice as before.
Also you need to post the new code.

What was the value of the variable: direction that was not recognized?
The error message should print out the invalid value.

What are the values of x and y while the loop is executing? Because they control the looping you should print them out as the loop goes around to see why they don't change to allow the loop to exit.

Please copy and paste the programs print outs here instead of using images. The images don't show all that was printed.


What was the value of direction? It looks like 2 dots: ..
Is that what was typed in? The contents of the command prompt console should show what was typed in to the program.

The value of direction is n/a

That does not make sense for the value of a String.
Include the value of direction with the error message so you can see what the computer sees when the if statements are executed.
Then execute the program and copy the contents of the console here with the print out that shows the value of the direction variable.

Post the code here on the forum. I don't go to links or zip files.