[nfbcs] Trivia game help

Tue Apr 18 17:30:12 UTC 2017

In this case I'd recommend coming up with the format, loading them into
question objects and then literally just iterating through and printing
the questions and choices. You'll also need a way to denote the correct
answer.
On 4/18/2017 12:55 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs wrote:
> What is in my file is a whole bunch of questions, and i just wanted to
> make sure it sort-of worked before i put the rest of the questions in.
> I have about 30 questions in this file, each having 4 choices each.
>
> On 4/18/17, Jim Barbour via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I agree with everything Tyler said.  I was in the middle of writing
>> something similar when I saw his email.
>>
>> The other thing I'll point out is that your if statement is...
>>
>>          if(AnswerEntered=="CorrectAnswer")
>>
>> So, it's checking your input against the literal string "CorrectAnswer",
>> which I assume is not what you want.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 12:24:28PM -0400, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs
>> wrote:
>>> Taylor:
>>> This is one of those code files that I look at and don't really know
>>> what to do with. I'm going to give you a lot of information here.
>>> First, don't store everything in objects. Objects are quite literally
>>> what everything inherits and you're going to run into a lot of issues.
>>> If something is a string, make it a string. If it's an array, make it an
>>> array.
>>> Second, you need to evaluate why there are so many variables, whether or
>>> not you need them and most importantly why they're all private static. I
>>> recommend creating a separate game object that your main method can load
>>> and work with.
>>> third, evaluate your logic.
>>> Right now you request an answer from the user (without showing the
>>> question), read a list of questions, create another question and want an
>>> answer to that from what I can tell.
>>>
>>> So your logic should look like this:
>>> 1) read a list of questions and answers and store those somewhere. It
>>> might be worth creating a Question class that holds the question and
>>> individual answers. Then just store a list of those on your main class,
>>> in your main method or in a game class. The latter is preferable.
>>> 2) Randomly choose a question from the list, store that question so you
>>> have a reference to it and print the question itself.
>>> 3) prompt user for answer
>>> 4) compare answer with that of the question.
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/18/2017 12:03 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs wrote:
>>>> Hi, so i am making a trivia game in c#. I have a sample question in an
>>>> array, but i can't seem to get so that it will check if it is correct.
>>>> It keeps reading the text file and won't check if answer is correct.
>>>> Here is my code
>>>>  using System;
>>>> using System.Collections.Generic;
>>>> using System.Linq;
>>>> using System.Text;
>>>> using System.Threading.Tasks;
>>>> using System.IO;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> namespace Trivia_Game
>>>> {
>>>>     class Program
>>>>     {
>>>>         private object questionArray;
>>>>         private object stringquestion;
>>>>         private object stringcorrectAnswer;
>>>>         private object question;
>>>>         private object userAnswer;
>>>>         private int credit;
>>>>         private static int score;
>>>>         private static object correctAnswer;
>>>>         private static string stringuserAnswer;
>>>>         private static bool user;
>>>>         private static int i;
>>>>         private static string dataFile;
>>>>         private static string[] shuffledLines;
>>>>         private static object file;
>>>>         private static string Key;
>>>>         private static object reader;
>>>>         private static object Reader;
>>>>         private static object streamReader;
>>>>         private static FileStream fileStream;
>>>>         private static object questionIndex;
>>>>
>>>>         public static object QuestionArray { get; private set; }
>>>>
>>>>         static void Main(string[] args)
>>>>         {
>>>>             Console.WriteLine("Enter your answer");
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines("questions.txt",
>>>> Encoding.UTF8);
>>>>
>>>>             string AnswerEntered;
>>>>             AnswerEntered = Console.ReadLine();
>>>>
>>>>             foreach (string line in lines)
>>>>             {
>>>>                 string[] questions = new string[1] { "What was the
>>>> version number of ios that introduced voiceover?" };
>>>>                 string[] CorrectAnswer = new string[1] { "A"};
>>>>                 Console.WriteLine(line);
>>>>                 Console.WriteLine("Enter an answer");
>>>>
>>>>                 AnswerEntered= Console.ReadLine();
>>>>
>>>>                 string[] IncorrectAnswer=new string [1] {"B"};
>>>>
>>>>                 if(AnswerEntered=="CorrectAnswer")
>>>>
>>>>                 {
>>>>                     Console.WriteLine("You are correct!");
>>>>                 }
>>>>
>>>>                 Console.ReadLine();
>>>>
>>>>             }
>>>>         }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Take Care,
>>> Tyler Littlefield
>>>
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