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Sco · May 3rd, 2005, 5:08 PM

Ok trying a bit of programming, first in ages...

Trying to make 2 classes, Player and GameTest. Ok, what i want to do is for a prompt to ask the user for firstname, secondname, nickname etc...you will see in the code.

This is player:

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import java.io.* ;

class Player
{
  
    String line, firstName, secondName, nickName;
    int    age;
    char   sex;

    // constructor 
    Player( String first, String last, String nick, int age, char sex ) 
    { 
       firstName = first ; 
       secondName = last ; 
       nickName = nick ; 
    } 


    BufferedReader userIn = 
        new BufferedReader( 
        new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );

    System.out.println("Please enter your first name:" ); 
    firstName = userIn.readLine();

    System.out.println("Please enter your second name:" ); 
    secondName = userIn.readLine();

    System.out.println("Please enter your nickName:" ); 
    nickName = userIn.readLine();

    System.out.println("Please enter your age:" ); 
    line = userIn.readLine();
    age = Integer.parseInt( line );

    System.out.println("Are you male or female?:" ); 
    sex = userIn.readLine();
    //put in if m=male or f=female otherwise error

    

    void details()
      {
          System.out.println( "Your details: " + firstName + secondName);//and all the rest....

      }

   }
}

This is gameTest:

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class GameTest
{
  public static void main( String[] args ) 
  {
    Player player1 = new Player( 
        Andrew, Schofield, Sco, 22, M);
    
    System.out.println( "Your details: " 
        + player1.details() );

  }
}

Now instead of me typing in my details, i would like to be prompted on it, so do I need all the lines of code prompting in the player class, or the game test?

My overall idea is to have like a text based story game, you know with loads of decisions which effect the way the book turns out. I want those decisions to effect characteristics which the user enters at the start, so age will increase, nickname may change etc etc, all depending on decisions in the story. I may also need to add more than 1 player, so thats why i have the player class...

Any help?

Sco

ZenMasterJG · May 4th, 2005, 12:37 AM

GameTest is almost certainly a better place to put text parsing code, although i'd probably build a seperate class used by your driver to parse input for keywords, etc. It's a much less brittle way to handle things.
'Course my projects usually end up spanning like twice as many files as i think they probably should, but breaking things down too much is almost always better then not breaking them down enough.

May 3rd, 2005, 5:08 PM	#1
Sco Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	A little help needed.....? Ok trying a bit of programming, first in ages... Trying to make 2 classes, Player and GameTest. Ok, what i want to do is for a prompt to ask the user for firstname, secondname, nickname etc...you will see in the code. This is player: (Toggle Plain Text) import java.io.* ; class Player { String line, firstName, secondName, nickName; int age; char sex; // constructor Player( String first, String last, String nick, int age, char sex ) { firstName = first ; secondName = last ; nickName = nick ; } BufferedReader userIn = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) ); System.out.println("Please enter your first name:" ); firstName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your second name:" ); secondName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your nickName:" ); nickName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your age:" ); line = userIn.readLine(); age = Integer.parseInt( line ); System.out.println("Are you male or female?:" ); sex = userIn.readLine(); //put in if m=male or f=female otherwise error void details() { System.out.println( "Your details: " + firstName + secondName);//and all the rest.... } } } import java.io.* ; class Player { String line, firstName, secondName, nickName; int age; char sex; // constructor Player( String first, String last, String nick, int age, char sex ) { firstName = first ; secondName = last ; nickName = nick ; } BufferedReader userIn = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) ); System.out.println("Please enter your first name:" ); firstName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your second name:" ); secondName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your nickName:" ); nickName = userIn.readLine(); System.out.println("Please enter your age:" ); line = userIn.readLine(); age = Integer.parseInt( line ); System.out.println("Are you male or female?:" ); sex = userIn.readLine(); //put in if m=male or f=female otherwise error void details() { System.out.println( "Your details: " + firstName + secondName);//and all the rest.... } } } This is gameTest: (Toggle Plain Text) class GameTest { public static void main( String[] args ) { Player player1 = new Player( Andrew, Schofield, Sco, 22, M); System.out.println( "Your details: " + player1.details() ); } } class GameTest { public static void main( String[] args ) { Player player1 = new Player( Andrew, Schofield, Sco, 22, M); System.out.println( "Your details: " + player1.details() ); } } Now instead of me typing in my details, i would like to be prompted on it, so do I need all the lines of code prompting in the player class, or the game test? My overall idea is to have like a text based story game, you know with loads of decisions which effect the way the book turns out. I want those decisions to effect characteristics which the user enters at the start, so age will increase, nickname may change etc etc, all depending on decisions in the story. I may also need to add more than 1 player, so thats why i have the player class... Any help? Sco

May 4th, 2005, 12:37 AM	#2
ZenMasterJG Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 148 Rep Power: 4	GameTest is almost certainly a better place to put text parsing code, although i'd probably build a seperate class used by your driver to parse input for keywords, etc. It's a much less brittle way to handle things. 'Course my projects usually end up spanning like twice as many files as i think they probably should, but breaking things down too much is almost always better then not breaking them down enough. Last edited by ZenMasterJG; May 4th, 2005 at 12:40 AM.

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