Thread: Game of Craps: won't compile

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
 
 public class playGame
 {
     //This is main method of the class
     public void main(String[] args)
 
    {                                
 
     boolean Y = true;
 
     Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
 
 
     System.out.println("Hi there! Do you want to play some craps? (Y || N)");
     console.next();
 
            if (!Y)
                System.exit(0);
           else
            {
                System.out.println("Do you want to read the rules of the game? (Y || N)");
                console.next();
            }
                    {
                    if (!Y)
                    System.exit(0);
 
                    else 
                    {// rules of the game
                    System.out.print("The program is to play the game of dice called craps.\n" 
                    +"The term comes from the French term 'crab', which \n" 
                    + "means to \"lose the throw\"" + ".\n"
                    +"A dice is a six-sided cube with a number of spots on it \n"
                    +"The number of spots range from 1 to 6, inclusive. \n"
                    +"The rules are as follows: two die are thrown and the \n"
                    + "sum of their two faces are added up, giving a number from \n"  
                    + "2 to 12.  If the number is 7 or 11, the thrower wins.  If \n"
                    + "the number is 2, 3, or 12, the thrower loses.  If is is \n"
                    + "neither of these numbers (i.e., it is either 4, 5, 6, 8, or \n"
                    + "9, or 10), this number becomes the  point.  The thrower \n"
                    + "continues to throw the dice until either his point comes \n"
                    + "up or the number 7 comes up.  If the point comes up, the \n"
                    + "thrower wins.  If a 7 comes up, the thrower loses.  (One \n"
                    + "says he \"crapped out\"" + ").  If the thrower wins, he plays \n"
                    + "again.  If he loses, he gives up the dice to the next player.\n"
                    + "(Hence, the term \"crapped out\"" + " or lose the throw.\n ");
                }
 
 
         }
                    System.exit(0);
 }
                //method play
    public  int play(int num)
    {
        //create two new objects of the classDie
 
        Die dieOne = new Die();
        Die dieTwo = new Die();
        int result;
        int points;
        int rollcount= 0;
 
        //code for calling private method rollDie
 
        result = rollDie(dieOne, dieTwo);
        if ((result ==7) || (result == 12))
        {
        System.out.println("The die came to " + result + "you have won the game!");
        System.exit(0);
        }
        if ((result ==3) || (result ==11))
        System.out.println("They die came to " + result + "you lost.");
        System.exit(0);
 
 //continues rolling die and totalling points until win or lose occurrs.
       do
            {
                System.out.println("You're total points are "+ points + ".");
                //calls private method rolldie
                result = rolldie(Die one,Die two);
                points = dieOne + dieTwo;
                System.out.println("Your total points are now " + points + "."); 
                rollcount ++;
            }
         while (result != 7 || 12 || 3 || 11);
 
         return rollCount;
        }        
 //private method rollDie
 
        private int rollDie(Die one, Die two)
       {
           one.roll();
           two.roll();
 
        return die;
    }
    }

Originally Posted by copeg

Why won't it compile? What are the compiler errors?...the compiler errors usually tell you enough to fix the these things quickly. Without going through all the code I can see at least one error in your rollDie method (where did the variable die come from)

[code]
the professor provided us with the code necessary to create a die class, which I have tested and does work. So in my program it calls the die from that class. The compile errors vary, eveything works fine from main to the rules, from there the program won't run.
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public class Die 
{
 
        private final int MIN_NUMBER = 1;
        private final int MAX_NUMBER = 6;
        private final int NO_NUMBER = 0;
 
      int number;
 
        public Die()
        {
            number = NO_NUMBER;
        }
       public void roll()
        {
            number = (int) Math.floor(Math.random()*(MAX_NUMBER - MIN_NUMBER + 1)) +1;
        }
        public int getNumber()
        {   
            return number;
        }
 
    }

here the die class for the above game of craps
I don't know where to begin to get this program to work.
any help would be appreciated
thanks FreeBird

[QUOTE]No luck yet, getting ready to try program using switch statements for various result.
Are you a student at Depaul CDM? [\QUOTE]

I tried getting tutor help through Wimba, I don't like that program at all, very hard to hear or understand from the other end. Would you share any tips you get from the tutors even if it is too late, I would like to know how to make this program work. Thanks FreeBird[/QUOTE]