Java Number Range

[Brandon_7]

I am trying to make a program for my AP Computer Science A Class. I wrote the following code that is supposed to allow a user to enter two numbers and then have them guess a number inbetween that number range.

So far, it works 90% of the time, but once in a while it enters numbers either higher or lower than the set number range.

Can somebody help me figure out how to fix this problem?

Thank you.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class GuessingGameV1
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        int rNum = 0;
        int counter = 0;

        int guess = 0;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.print("Choose the first number in the range: ");
        int firstNumber = in.nextInt();

        System.out.print("Choose the last number in the range: ");
        int lastNumber = in.nextInt();

        for(int i=firstNumber; i < lastNumber; i++ ){
                rNum = (int)(Math.random()*lastNumber);
            }



        while (guess != rNum)
        {
            System.out.print("Enter your guess: ");
            guess = in.nextInt();
            if( rNum < guess )
            {
                counter ++;
                System.out.println("Guess too high.");
            }

            else if( rNum == guess )
            {
                System.out.println("You're right!");
                System.out.println("It took you " + counter + " guesses!");
            }

            else
            {
               counter ++;
                System.out.println("Guess too low.");
            }
        }

    }
}

[Slavi]

instead of using that for loop to generate the number use this
int randomNum = rand.nextInt((max - min) + 1) + min;

[Brandon_7]

So I tried using that, however I'm getting an error that says: "int cannot be dereferenced." for the rand.nextInt part. Can you explain to me why this error occurs?

import java.util.Scanner;
public class GuessingGameV1
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        int counter = 0;
        int rand = 0;

        int guess = 0;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.print("Choose the first number in the range: ");
        int firstNumber = in.nextInt();

        System.out.print("Choose the last number in the range: ");
        int lastNumber = in.nextInt();


        int rNum = rand.nextInt((lastNumber - firstNumber) + 1) + firstNumber;


        while (guess != rNum)
        {
            System.out.print("Enter your guess: ");
            guess = in.nextInt();
            if( rNum < guess )
            {
                counter ++;
                System.out.println("Guess too high.");
            }

            else if( rNum == guess )
            {
                System.out.println("You're right!");
                System.out.println("It took you " + counter + " guesses!");
            }

            else
            {
               counter ++;
                System.out.println("Guess too low.");
            }
        }


    }
    }

[Slavi]

oh, rand is an object of type Random,
and that int that you just decleared called rand, rename it
Random rand = new Random()
also import it

[Brandon_7]

Awesome! It's working now. Thank you for the help. The only other thing I added was:

import java.util.Random;