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Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin

Reputation: 15

What do I use to keep track of a number?

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class dieClass
{
    public static void main(String []args)
    {
        Random gen = new Random();
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);


        System.out.println("How many times do you want to roll?");
        int rollamt = reader.nextInt();



        for (int i = 0; i < rollamt; i++)
        {
            int dice1 = gen.nextInt(6) + 1;
            int dice2 = gen.nextInt(6) + 1; 
            int total = dice1 + dice2;
            int [] arrayDice = new int [rollamt];

            for (int r = 0; r < arrayDice.length; r++)
            {
                arrayDice[r] = total;
            }

          System.out.println("sum is " + total);
        }
    }
}

I was on to something but I give up. How do i keep track of how many times the sum of the two die was chosen? A while loop ? (The result of the two die can only be between 2 and 12)

So for example I want to have a loop that will Add one to its counter for its assigned number

x = sum of two die

y = number of times

The output can be "the number x was rolled y times"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 958

Answers (2)

Jayfray
Jayfray

Reputation: 405

You can create a Map that is a Map of the number to the number of times rolled.

java.util.Map<Integer, Integer> rollMap = new java.util.HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
for (int i = 0; i < rollamt; i++)
{
    int dice1 = gen.nextInt(6) + 1;
    int dice2 = gen.nextInt(6) + 1; 
    int total = dice1 + dice2;

    Integer count = rollMap.get(total);
    if (null == count)
    {
        rollMap.put(total, Integer.valueOf(1));
    }
    else
    {
        rollMap.put(total, Integer.valueOf(count + 1));
    }
}

for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : rollMap.entrySet())
{
    System.out.println("Number " + entry.getKey()+ " was rolled " + entry.getValue() + "times")
}

Upvotes: 0

durbnpoisn
durbnpoisn

Reputation: 4669

Inside of your while loop, you simply have another array that holds a count of each possible roll.

You've already got the total, right here.

int total = dice1 + dice2;

Just add an array, outside of the loop to start a count:

int possibleRolls[]=new int[13]

and inside your loop:

possibleRolls[total]++;

When the loop is finished, you can check the indexes in the array to see how many each total was rolled.

Upvotes: 1

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