Thread: Client Protocol Server

I'm making a system where the server asks questions to the client and the client responds. Then the marks out of 3 that the client had got is to be displayed. Everythign in my code works to the way i want it to, except the display of the marks. I have made arrays in which the final mark should relate to. But they always give the same output which is "You got 0/3 correct, Try Harder." instead of whichever one its meant to print out, someone help me, ive spent hours on this. I would also love to ass a password to the system.

PROTOCOL

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class MathsProtocol {
    private static final int FIRSTstate = 0;
    private static final int SECONDstate = 1;
	private static final int THIRDstate = 2;
    private static final int FOURTHstate = 3;
	private static final int FIFTHstate = 4;
	private static final int SIXTHstate = 5;
	 private static final int SEVENTHstate = 6;
 
    private static final int NUMques = 7;
 
    private int state = FIRSTstate;
    private int currentQues = 0;
	private String[] clues = { "You got 0/3 correct, Try Harder.",
                                 "You got 1/3 correct, You could do better.",
                                 "You got 2/3 correct, Average.",
                                 "You got 3/3 correct, You smart pants.",};
 
 
    public String processInput(String theInput) {
        String theOutput = null;
		int Q1Res = 0;
		int Q2Res = 0;
		int Q3Res = 0;
		int TOTALRes = 0;
 
 
		//QUESTION 1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        if (state == FIRSTstate) {
            theOutput = ("Q1: (A + B)*(A+B)" + " 1.A*A+B*B "+ " 2.A*A+A*B+B*B " + " 3.A*A+2*A*B+B*B ");
 
 
            state = SECONDstate;
        } else if (state == SECONDstate) {
            if (theInput.equalsIgnoreCase("3")) {
			theOutput = "That is the correct answer";
			Q1Res++;
 
                state = THIRDstate;
            } else {
                theOutput = " WRONG!! TRY AGAIN";
            }
			// QUESTION 2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
			if (state == THIRDstate) {
			theOutput = "CORRECT!! Q2: (A+B)*(A-B) =" + " 1) A*A+2*B*B" + " 2)  A*A-B*B " + " 3)  A*A-2*A*B+B*B";
			 state = FOURTHstate;
        }
		//----------
        } else if (state == FOURTHstate) {
 
            if (theInput.equalsIgnoreCase("2")) {
                theOutput = "That is the correct answer";
 
                state = FIFTHstate;
            } else {
                theOutput =  " WRONG!!Try again ";
                state = FOURTHstate;
            }
			}
			//QUESTION 3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
			if (state == FIFTHstate) {
            theOutput = ("CORRECT!! Q3: sin(x)*sin(x) + cos(x)*cos(x)  1?  2?  or  3?");
 
 
            state = SIXTHstate;
        } else if (state == SIXTHstate) {
            if (theInput.equalsIgnoreCase("1")) {
			theOutput = "That is the correct answer, go again? (y/n)";
			Q3Res++;
                state = SEVENTHstate;
            } else {
                theOutput = " WRONG!! TRY AGAIN";
				state = SIXTHstate;
            }
				TOTALRes = Q1Res;
		theOutput = ("you got")+clues[Q1Res+Q2Res];
			//---------------
        } else if (state == SEVENTHstate) {
            if (theInput.equalsIgnoreCase("y")) {
                theOutput = "Q1: (A + B)*(A+B)" + " 1.A*A+B*B "+ " 2.A*A+A*B+B*B " + " 3.A*A+2*A*B+B*B ";
                if (currentQues == (NUMques - 1))
                    currentQues = 0;
                else
                    currentQues++;
                state = SECONDstate;
            } else {
 
				theOutput = "Bye.";
                state = FIRSTstate;
            }
        }
        return theOutput;
    }
}

the last output i get is "You got 0/3 correct, Try Harder." I compile a server and client code, but thats just to get it running which includes things like the port and sockets. The main code is this one i displayed.
It's supposed to print out the correct array according to the questions that are right. I defined the Total Result globally.