Help with determining score for a user.

[koolkid98]

Hey........ i have this program i am doing for school, either i pass this task or i fail ok.... i made a program but it doesnt work can you guys please tell me whats wrong with it? Also i was wondering how you can make a point system to this program where every time someone answers the question right they are rewarded with one point and if they answer it wrong they get -1 point..... help me please

code:

var music : string var point : int var song : string point:= 0 put "This is a two players Trivia game followed by a point system, person who answers the most questions correctly wins." put "What song is currently playing ?" get song if song := Bitter Sweet Sympthony then   put "correct, you have", point+1, "Points" end if

thnks, Jim

[Bobrobyn]

I think the main problem is the lack of quotes around the Bitter Sweet Sympthony. It SHOULD look like this:

code:

if song := "Bitter Sweet Sympthony" then %This is a string, it needs quotes for   % comparisons      put "correct, you have", point+1, "Points" end if

For the point system, you need to ADD a point if the user is correct, otherwise you need to SUBTRACT a point -- Also, in class, you NEVER EVER do calculations in put statements. You lose marks.

code:

var music : string var point : int var song : string point:= 0 put "This is a two players Trivia game followed by a point system, person who answers the most questions correctly wins." put "What song is currently playing ?" get song if song := "Bitter Sweet Sympthony" then      point := point + 1      put "correct, you have ", point, " Points" else      point := point - 1      put "Wrong, you have ", point, " points" end if

Another suggestion - format your code properly! Another small tidbit - for something like this, you could have it set up like a multiple choice test. That way, if a person doesn't know the spelling, they can still answer.

[Remm]

First of all, your going to need to change the
get song
to
get song:*
or it will only register the first word.
Also, you will need two variables to hold the two players
points, and instead of having 'points + 1' in your sentance, you'll need
to have it just put into a variable
e.i.
p1points := p1points + 1
have somthing also to tell which player is imputing data, so it knows who to give the point to. A good place to look is the Turing Walkthrough for further referance.
Good luck
Remm[/code]

[codemage]

For someone who only has 9 bits, you've already very much on the ball, Remm.

[Clayton]

also in your code

Turing:

if song:= whatever end if

doesnt work, it has to be

Turing:

if song=whatever then end if