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copied!<p>I've played around with the code a ton in order to try to stumble across the problem, but i'm completely clueless as to where i'm going wrong. Only been programming in java for a few months, so still really new to it. </p> <pre><code> package eliminationgame; import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.JFrame; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.awt.BorderLayout; public class EliminationGame extends JFrame implements ActionListener{ // creates buttons that represent numbers to be eliminated JButton numberOne = new JButton("1"); JButton numberTwo = new JButton("2"); JButton numberThree = new JButton("3"); JButton numberFour = new JButton("4"); JButton numberFive = new JButton("5"); JButton numberSix = new JButton("6"); JButton numberSeven = new JButton("7"); JButton numberEight = new JButton("8"); JButton numberNine = new JButton("9"); JButton numberTen = new JButton("10"); JButton numberEleven = new JButton("11"); JButton numberTwelve = new JButton("12"); // creates buttons for rolling dice, resetting game and opening instructions JButton rollDice = new JButton("Roll Dice"); JButton resetGame = new JButton("Reset"); JButton gameInstructions = new JButton("How to Play"); // creates array to hold previous game scores, and an integer to hold current game int[] previousScores; int currentScore = 78; // creates lables for current score, previous scores, and both dice JLabel displayCurrentScore = new JLabel("Current Score: " + currentScore ); JLabel displayPreviousScores = new JLabel("Previous Scores: "); JLabel diceOne = new JLabel(); JLabel diceTwo = new JLabel(); JPanel pnlEast; JPanel pnlSouth; JPanel pnlWest; JPanel pnlCenter; JFrame appWindow; public void EliminationGame() { // sets roll dice to be the default button //appWindow.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(rollDice); // creates components and panels pnlEast = new JPanel(); pnlSouth = new JPanel(); pnlWest = new JPanel(); pnlCenter = new JPanel(); pnlEast.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3)); pnlEast.add(numberOne).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberTwo).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberThree).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberFour).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberFive).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberSix).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberSeven).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberEight).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberNine).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberTen).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberEleven).setEnabled(false); pnlEast.add(numberTwelve).setEnabled(false); pnlSouth.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,3)); pnlSouth.add(resetGame); pnlSouth.add(rollDice); pnlSouth.add(gameInstructions); pnlWest.setLayout(new GridLayout (1,3)); pnlWest.add(displayCurrentScore); pnlWest.add(displayPreviousScores); pnlCenter.setLayout(new GridLayout (1,3)); pnlCenter.add(diceOne); pnlCenter.add(diceTwo); // adds action listener to buttons numberOne.addActionListener(this); numberTwo.addActionListener(this); numberThree.addActionListener(this); numberFour.addActionListener(this); numberFive.addActionListener(this); numberSix.addActionListener(this); numberSeven.addActionListener(this); numberEight.addActionListener(this); numberNine.addActionListener(this); numberTen.addActionListener(this); numberEleven.addActionListener(this); numberTwelve.addActionListener(this); rollDice.addActionListener(this); gameInstructions.addActionListener(this); resetGame.addActionListener(this); appWindow = new JFrame("Elimination"); appWindow.add(pnlSouth, BorderLayout.SOUTH); appWindow.add(pnlWest, BorderLayout.WEST); appWindow.add(pnlCenter, BorderLayout.CENTER); appWindow.add(pnlEast, BorderLayout.EAST); appWindow.pack(); appWindow.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { EliminationGame g1 = new EliminationGame(); g1.pack(); g1.setVisible(true); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent thisEvent) { String strButtonName = thisEvent.getActionCommand(); if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberOne")) { currentScore = currentScore - 1; numberOne.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberTwo")) { currentScore = currentScore - 2; numberTwo.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberThree")) { currentScore = currentScore - 3; numberThree.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberFour")) { currentScore = currentScore - 4; numberFour.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberFive")) { currentScore = currentScore - 5; numberFive.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberSix")) { currentScore = currentScore - 6; numberSix.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberSeven")) { currentScore = currentScore - 7; numberSeven.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberEight")) { currentScore = currentScore - 8; numberEight.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberNine")) { currentScore = currentScore - 9; numberNine.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberTen")) { currentScore = currentScore - 10; numberTen.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberEleven")) { currentScore = currentScore - 11; numberEleven.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("numberTwelve")) { currentScore = currentScore - 12; numberTwelve.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("resetGame")) { currentScore = 78; numberOne.setEnabled(false); numberTwo.setEnabled(false); numberThree.setEnabled(false); numberFour.setEnabled(false); numberFive.setEnabled(false); numberSix.setEnabled(false); numberSeven.setEnabled(false); numberEight.setEnabled(false); numberNine.setEnabled(false); numberTen.setEnabled(false); numberEleven.setEnabled(false); numberTwelve.setEnabled(false); } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("gameInstructions")) { } else if (strButtonName.equalsIgnoreCase("rollDice")) { } } } </code></pre>

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