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copied!<p>Here's my code:</p> <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner; import static java.lang.System.*; public class GuessingGame { private int upperBound; private int count, guess, num, pct; public GuessingGame(int stop) { upperBound = stop; } public void setNum(int stop) { upperBound = stop; } public void playGame() { int count = 0; int attempt = 1; Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); //upperBound = keyboard.nextInt(); num = (int)Math.random()*upperBound; guess = 0; out.println("Enter a number between 1 and " + upperBound); guess = keyboard.nextInt(); count++; if(guess != num) attempt++; do{ out.println("Enter a number between 1 and " + upperBound); guess = keyboard.nextInt(); count++; if(guess != num) attempt++; }while(guess != num); pct = (count/attempt)*100; } public String toString() { String output=""; output = "It took you " + count + " tries to guess " + num + "\n you guessed wrong " + pct + "% of the time"; return output; } } </code></pre> <p>I know that it has to at some point guess has to be equal to num but the code never ends the current "game" but it seems to be infinitely looping when I use my example of 5 for the stop/upperBound</p> <p>Here's my runner class as requested:</p> <pre><code>import java.util.Scanner; import static java.lang.System.*; public class Lab10e { public static void main(String args[]) { Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); char response = ' '; out.print("Guessing Game - how many numbers? "); //read in the player value int stop = keyboard.nextInt(); GuessingGame game = new GuessingGame(stop); game.playGame(); out.println(game); out.println("would you like to play again? (y/n):: "); String resp = keyboard.next(); response = resp.charAt(0); do { out.print("Guessing Game - how many numbers? "); stop = keyboard.nextInt(); game.setNum(stop); game.playGame(); out.println(game); out.println(); out.println("would you like to play again? (y/n):: "); resp = keyboard.next(); response = resp.charAt(0); // }while(response == 'y'); } } </code></pre>

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