Thread: Can't figure out how to roll individual dice.

Alright so I am a beginner when it comes to java. I was working on a project in class and I eventually got stumped.
So here is what I want to do. I need to figure out how to roll the three dice individually in the dice object.
Here is my code for the dice class.

public class Dice //class header
{
	//instance variables
	private int die1;
	private int die2;
	private int die3;
 
	/**
	 * Default Constructor
	 * Initialize the dice to 0's to indicate that they haven't been rolled yet
	 * 
	 */
	public Dice ()
	{
		die1 = 0;
		die2= 0;
		die3 = 0;
	}
 
	/**
	 * getDie1 method
	 * Return the value stored in the instance variable die1
	 * @return the face value of die1
	 */
	public int getDie1()
	{
 
		return die1;
	}
 
	/**
	 * getDie2 method
	 * Return the value stored in the instance variable die2
	 * @return the face value of die2
	 */
	public int getDie2()
	{
		return die2;
	}
 
	/**
	 * getDie3 method
	 * Return the value stored in the instance variable die3
	 * @return the face value of die3
	 */
	public int getDie3()
	{
		return die3;
	}
 
	/**
	 * roll method
	 * Each instance variable gets a random number in the range 1 to 6
	 */
	public void roll()
	{
		die1 = (int)(Math.random()*6+1);
		die2 = (int)(Math.random()*6+1);
		die3 = (int)(Math.random()*6+1);
	}
 
	/**
	 *calcTotalRoll method - this method will calculate the total of the three die
	 *@return the sum of the dice
	 */
	public int calcTotalRoll()
	{
		return die1 + die2 + die3;
	}
 
	/**
	 *threeOfAKind method - this method will determine if all three of the dice have the same value
	 *@return true if they have the same, false otherwise 
	 */
	public String threeOfAKind()
	{
		String aKind = new String("Three of a kind");
		String notOfAKind = new String("Not three of a kind");
		if ((die1==die2)&&(die2==die3)==true)
			    return aKind;
			else
			    return notOfAKind;
	}
 
	/**
	 * findHighestDie method - this method will determine which of the three die have the highest die
	 * @return the value of the highest die
	 */
	public int findHighestDie()
	{
		if ((die1 > die2)&&(die1 > die3))
		return die1;
		else
			if (die2 > die3)
			return die2;
			else
				return die3;
	}
 
	public void rollOneDie()
	{
 
 
 
 
	}
 
	/**
	 * toString method
	 * Create a String with the values of the three dice.
	 * @return a reference to a String with the state of the object
	 */
	public String toString()
	{
		String str = new String(die1 + " " + die2 + " " + die3);
		return str;
	}
 
}

and here is my lab class

public class Lab5App //class header
{
	public static void main(String[] args) //main method header
	{
		//Instantiated a Dice object
		Dice theDice = new Dice();
		// Testing the constructor and the toString
		System.out.println("After instantiation: " + theDice.toString() + "\n");
		//Tested the accessor method
		System.out.println("Value of die1: " + theDice.getDie1());
		System.out.println("Value of die1: " + theDice.getDie2());
		System.out.println("Value of die1: " + theDice.getDie3() + "\n");
		//Roll the dice
	    theDice.roll();
	    //Display the dice after being rolled
		System.out.println("After rolling the dice: " + theDice.toString() + "\n");
		//Display sum total of die face values
		System.out.println("The roll total is: " + theDice.calcTotalRoll() + "\n");
		//Displays whether the dies have alike face values
		System.out.println(theDice.threeOfAKind() + "\n");
		//Displays the highest value between the three die face values
		System.out.println("The highest value of the three die is " + theDice.findHighestDie() + "\n");
		//Rolls individual die's
 
 
 
	}
 
}

As you can see. Whenever you roll a dice object, three different dice are rolled.

The output she is expecting for the rollOneDice method is something like this: Rolling die 1 only: 1 2 5
Rolling die 2 only: 4 6 3
Rolling die 3 only: 5 5 2

So each die is rolled individually three times I guess.

I believe we are suppose to use if statements and toString but I am having trouble seeing where to start.

She gave an example on the board which was like this:

If ()
die1 = ()()
else
if ()
die2 = ....

and she also wrote something like this on the board theDice.rollOneDice(2);

Please help give me some sort of extra help on what to do.
Thanks, I appreciate it.

Thanks! I figured it out.