From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T11:15:07+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Classes

Scott Andrechek wrote:
> Hello. I'm new to making and defining your own classes (well really to
> Ruby in general)and need some of your help with areas of my code. Here
> is the code for the game:
> class Die
> 
>   def roll
>     @numberShowing = 1 + rand(6)
>   end
> 
>   def showing
>     @numberShowing
>   end
> 
> end
> 
> dice = [Die.new]
> play=true
> money= 100
> while play==true
> puts 'You have $' + money.to_s + '. What is your bid?'
> bid= gets.chomp
> puts '$' + money.to_s + '-' + '$' + bid.to_s
> moneytest= money.to_i - bid.to_i
> while moneytest<=0
>   puts 'Please enter a valid bid'
>   bid=gets.chomp
>   moneytest= money.to_i - bid.to_i
> end
> money=(money.to_i - bid.to_i)
> puts '$' + money.to_s + ' remaining'
> puts 'What number would you like to place your bet of ' + '$' + bid + '
> on?'
> number= gets.chomp
> puts 'Dice roll was....'
> die = Die.new
> die.roll
> puts die.showing
> if @numberShowing.to_i==number.to_i

Why are you using @numberShowing instead of die.showing?   If you print 
@numberShowing here I think you will see your problem.


>   puts 'Congrats! You made ' + '$' + bid.to_s
>   else
>     puts 'Sorry. You lost ' + '$' + bid.to_s
>   end
>   if (money==0 or money<=0)
>     puts 'Sorry you lose'
>     play==false
>     end
> end
> 
> The problems I'm having with it (as you will see if you test it) is that
> you cannont win money, which I assume is because of my handling of
> @numberShowing, and that you can't go 'all in'. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> -Scott