Thread: Simple game problem

I've been working on a Rock Paper Scissors game. It works by the player typing in either "Rock" "Paper" or "Scissors" then the computer will generate at random "Rock" "Paper" or "Scissors"

The problem im having is that nothing seems to win against anything besides "Rock" which seems to win against everything (besides rock which it "ties" to)

here is my code:

import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader;     public class Rock_Paper_Scissors {  	private int stage = 0;	static BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));  	private int random(int range) {	return (int) ((java.lang.Math.random() * range) + 1);	}  	public String computerChoice() {	int choice = random(3);	if (choice == 1) { return "Rock";	} else if (choice == 2) {	return "Paper";	} else if (choice == 3) {	return "Scissors";	}	return null;	}  	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {	Rock_Paper_Scissors rps = new Rock_Paper_Scissors();	while (true) {	if (rps.stage == 0) {	System.out.println("Type 'Rock' 'Paper' or 'Scissors'.");	rps.stage++;	rps.handleChoice(stdin.readLine());	}	}	}  	public void handleChoice(String choice) {	computerChoice();	if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("rock") || choice.equalsIgnoreCase("paper")	|| choice.equalsIgnoreCase("Scissors")) {	if (!choice.equalsIgnoreCase(computerChoice()) || !computerChoice().equalsIgnoreCase(choice)) {	if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("rock") && computerChoice().equals("Scissors")) {	System.out.println(choice + " beats " + computerChoice() + ", You win!");	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("rock") && computerChoice().equals("Paper")) {	System.out.println(computerChoice() + " beats " + choice + ", you lose :(");	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("paper") && computerChoice().equals("Rock")) {	System.out.println(choice + " beats " + computerChoice() + ", You win!");	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("paper") && computerChoice().equals("Scissors")) {	System.out.println(computerChoice() + " beats " + choice + ", you lose :(");	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("scissors") && computerChoice().equals("Paper")) {	System.out.println(choice + " beats " + computerChoice() + ", You win!");	} else {	System.out.println(computerChoice());	}	} else {	System.out.println("Its a tie!");	}	} else {	System.out.println("Unknown choice " + choice);	}	stage = 0;	} }

this is what im talking about right here little things like this

rock Rock beats rock, you lose :( Type 'Rock' 'Paper' or 'Scissors'.

what i chose was "rock" what the computer chose was "Rock" but somehow "Rock" ended up beating "rock"? I clearly told it that if the players choice is the same as the computers choice then the result should end up being a tie.

if (!choice.equalsIgnoreCase(computerChoice()) || !computerChoice().equalsIgnoreCase(choice)) { ... } else { System.out.println("Its a tie!");

alright ill give that a shot

I made it assign a value for each "Rock" "Paper" and "Scissors" works great now thanks for the help

import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader;     public class Rock_Paper_Scissors {  	private int stage = 0;	static BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));  	private int random(int range) {	return (int) ((java.lang.Math.random() * range) + 1);	}  	public int getPlayerValue(String choice) {	if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("rock")) {	return 1;	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("paper")) {	return 2;	} else if (choice.equalsIgnoreCase("scissors")) {	return 3;	}	return 0;	}  	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {	Rock_Paper_Scissors rps = new Rock_Paper_Scissors();	while (true) {	if (rps.stage == 0) {	System.out.println("Type 'Rock' 'Paper' or 'Scissors'.");	rps.stage++;	rps.handleChoice(stdin.readLine());	}	}	}  	public void handleChoice(String choice) {	int compValue = random(3);	if (compValue != getPlayerValue(choice)) {	if (compValue == 1 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 3) { // Rock beating Scissors (computer)	System.out.println("Rock beats Scissors, you lose :(");	}	if (compValue == 2 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 1) { // Paper beating Rock (computer)	System.out.println("Paper beats Rock, you lose :(");	}	if (compValue == 3 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 2) { // Scissors beating Paper (computer)	System.out.println("Scissors beats Paper, you lose :(");	}  	if (compValue == 1 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 2) { // Paper beating rock (player)	System.out.println("Paper beats Rock, you win!");	}	if (compValue == 2 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 3) { // Scissors beating paper (player)	System.out.println("Scissors beats paper, you win!");	}	if (compValue == 3 && getPlayerValue(choice) == 1) { // Rock beating Scissors (player)	System.out.println("Rock beats Scissors, you win!");	}	} else {	System.out.println("You tied!");	}	stage = 0;	} }

Thanks Again!