diceGame.java

package diceGame;

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

public class diceGame {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		System.out.println("Welcome to Dice Game!");

		String test = "q";

		// Condition whether to start the game or no
		System.out.println("Enter any key to Start or q to Quit: ");
		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		String x = keyboard.nextLine();
		boolean tried = x.equals(test);

		while (tried != true) {
			int players;

			try {
				// This code will ask how many players
				Scanner chooseHowManyPlayers = new Scanner(System.in);
				System.out.println("Choose up to 6 players: ");
				players = chooseHowManyPlayers.nextInt();

				if (players <= 6) {
					// Ask a name for each player
					System.out.println("Welcome!");
					// initialize the arrays for players and number of dice got
					String nameOfPlayers[] = new String[6];
					int numberGotfromRoll[] = new int[6];

					// for loop to ask each player a name
					for (int i = 0; i < players; i++) {
						int y = i + 1;
						y = y++;
						Scanner askPlayerName = new Scanner(System.in);
						String playerNumber = "P" + y;
						System.out.println("Enter Your Name " + playerNumber + ": ");
						String playerName = askPlayerName.nextLine();
						nameOfPlayers[i] = playerName;
					}
					// Ask the player to roll the dice
					String roll = "no";
					boolean toss = true;
					Scanner askToRoll = new Scanner(System.in);
					System.out.println("Enter 'no' to go back: ");
					String ask = askToRoll.nextLine();
					boolean flag = ask.equals(roll);
					if (toss != flag) {
						// Roll the dice.
						for (int i = 0; i < players; i++) {
							System.out.println("\n Rolling the dice......");
							String player = nameOfPlayers[i];
							int result = Dice.rollDice(1, 6);
							numberGotfromRoll[i] = result;
							System.out.println(nameOfPlayers[i] + " got : " + numberGotfromRoll[i]);

							/* This will end the recursion if the player got 6 */
							if (result == 6) {
								int max = i;
								String winners = nameOfPlayers[max];
								System.out.println("Winner is " + winners + "\n");
								break;
							} else {
								continue;

							}
						}
						// Determine the winner
						int highestNum = numberGotfromRoll[0];
						int count = 1;
						for (int j : numberGotfromRoll) {
							if (j > highestNum) {
								count = count++;
								highestNum = findIndex(numberGotfromRoll, j);
								String winnerName = nameOfPlayers[highestNum];
							}
						}
						System.out.println("\nWinner is " + nameOfPlayers[highestNum] + "\n");
						keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
						System.out.println("Enter s to Start");
						System.out.println("q to quit: ");
						x = keyboard.nextLine();
						tried = x.equals(test);
						if (x == "q") {
							tried = true;
							System.exit(0);
						}
					} else {
						tried = true;
					}
				} else {
					keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
					System.out.println("Enter s to Start");
					System.out.println("q to quit: ");
					x = keyboard.nextLine();
					tried = x.equals(test);
					if (x == "q") {
						tried = true;
						System.exit(0);
					}
				}
			}
			// If the player did not enter a number this code will execute.
			catch (Exception e) {
				System.out.println("Please enter a number");
				keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
				System.out.println("Enter s to Start");
				System.out.println("q to quit: ");
				x = keyboard.nextLine();
				tried = x.equals(test); // flag to determine if the player enter q or not
				if (x == "q") {
					tried = true;
					System.exit(0);
				}
			}
		}
		System.exit(0);

	}

	public static int index(int arr[], int t, int start) {

		// base number
		// start equals the length of the
		// array we return -1
		if (start == arr.length)
			return -1;

		// if element at index start equals t
		// we return start
		if (arr[start] == t)
			return start;

		// we find for the rest
		// position in the array
		return index(arr, t, start + 1);
	}

	public static int findIndex(int arr[], int t) {
		return index(arr, t, 0);
	}

	public class Dice {

		int min;
		int max;

		public static int rollDice(int min, int max) {

			Random random = new Random();
			int b = (int) (Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min);
			return b;

		}

	}
}