Java Using random number to multiply by user input

[nebmucoy674]

Hey all,
I want to create a random number and multiply it by a users input; the objective is to:

• Total number of zombies = population - (A random number between: minimum expected survivors and (5 * minimum expected survivors).... So the input is going to be the minimum expected survivors and population. Please tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong. I keep getting a negative number for the number of zombies. Here is the code, which is not finished yet. Thank you!

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ZombieCalc {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        
        
        
        System.out.print("Enter the population of the outbreak area before infection: ");
        int population = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the minimum expected survivors: ");
        int survivors = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the average estimated shotgun blasts needed to kill 1 zombie: ");
        int shotgun = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the number of zombies each survivor can kill each day: ");
        int zombiekills = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        //  Where I'm trying to create the random that will still have the range of the input (
        // example of user putting in 500 for population and 50 for survivors and I get a negative)
        Random rn = new Random();
        int randomNum = rn.nextInt(population) + 0;
        int totzombies = population - (randomNum * 5);
        
                
        System.out.println("****** ANALYSIS ******");
        System.out.println("Population:");
        System.out.println("Total number of Zombies: " + totzombies);
        System.out.println("Total number of survivors: " + survivors);
        System.out.println(" ");
        System.out.println("Supplies:");
        System.out.println("Number of days 'till it's over: ");
        System.out.println("Lbs of food needed: ");
        System.out.println("Gallons of water needed: ");
        System.out.println("Ammount of shotguns needed: ");
        System.out.println("Amount of shotgun shells needed: ");
        
        
    
    }}

 

[Deleted member 2829]

Hey all,
I want to create a random number and multiply it by a users input; the objective is to:

• Total number of zombies = population - (A random number between: minimum expected survivors and (5 * minimum expected survivors).... So the input is going to be the minimum expected survivors and population. Please tell me what the heck I'm doing wrong. I keep getting a negative number for the number of zombies. Here is the code, which is not finished yet. Thank you!

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ZombieCalc {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
       
       
       
        System.out.print("Enter the population of the outbreak area before infection: ");
        int population = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the minimum expected survivors: ");
        int survivors = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the average estimated shotgun blasts needed to kill 1 zombie: ");
        int shotgun = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the number of zombies each survivor can kill each day: ");
        int zombiekills = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        //  Where I'm trying to create the random that will still have the range of the input (
        // example of user putting in 500 for population and 50 for survivors and I get a negative)
        Random rn = new Random();
        int randomNum = rn.nextInt(population) + 0;
        int totzombies = population - (randomNum * 5);
       
               
        System.out.println("****** ANALYSIS ******");
        System.out.println("Population:");
        System.out.println("Total number of Zombies: " + totzombies);
        System.out.println("Total number of survivors: " + survivors);
        System.out.println(" ");
        System.out.println("Supplies:");
        System.out.println("Number of days 'till it's over: ");
        System.out.println("Lbs of food needed: ");
        System.out.println("Gallons of water needed: ");
        System.out.println("Ammount of shotguns needed: ");
        System.out.println("Amount of shotgun shells needed: ");
       
       
   
    }}

It should be clear why you get a negative # of zombies 80% of the time. Look closely at your statements :

int randomNum = rn.nextInt(population) + 0;
int totzombies = population - (randomNum * 5);

Only if randomNum < population / 5 (about 20% of cases) this will yield a positive totzombies.
Why the + 0 BTW ?

 

[nebmucoy674]

It should be clear why you get a negative # of zombies 80% of the time. Look closely at your statements :

int randomNum = rn.nextInt(population) + 0;
int totzombies = population - (randomNum * 5);

Only if randomNum < population / 5 (about 20% of cases) this will yield a positive totzombies.
Why the + 0 BTW ?

I used a code similar to what I had before when generating a random number at the end of a username.
System.out.println("Um, it's 2022, that username isn't available. How about " + one + (random.nextInt(999))+ "?");
The 999 in the code being the range that the integer could go up to (so I thought). The +0 was just in a line of code I saw where:
Random random = new Random(int)(Math.random()*(upperRange - (lowerRange-1)))+lowerRange;

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
The upper range would be the user input, the lower range would be 0 (obviously). So I figured I'd just use the input (population) to determine the range. That +0 was just so I would follow the formula (although I don't think it affects anything). Thank you for your help.

 

[nebmucoy674]

Here is my final code and still having problems: 1. Calculations are still off and making negative numbers where there shouldn't be. 2. My if/else statement is printing below as opposed to on the same line as the "Number of days left".

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ZombieCalc {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        double shotguns,days,lbs,water;
        
        
        System.out.print("Enter the population of the outbreak area before infection: ");
        int population = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the minimum expected survivors: ");
        int survivors = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the average estimated shotgun blasts needed to kill 1 zombie: ");
        int shotgun = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the number of zombies each survivor can kill each day: ");
        int zombiekills = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        Random rn = new Random();
        int totzombies = population - (rn.nextInt(5) * survivors);
        days = totzombies / (survivors * zombiekills);
        lbs = days * survivors * 4;
        water = days * survivors;
        shotguns = survivors * 1.1;
        int shells = totzombies * shotgun;
        
        System.out.println("****** ANALYSIS ******");
        System.out.println("Population:");
        System.out.println("Total number of Zombies: " + totzombies);
        System.out.println("Total number of Survivors: " + (survivors - totzombies));
        System.out.println(" ");
        System.out.println("Supplies:");
        System.out.println("Number of days 'till it's over: " + days );
        if (days > 5) {
            System.out.print("Quite a few days left");
        }  else System.out.print("Not too many days left.");
        System.out.println("Lbs of food needed: " + lbs);
        System.out.println("Gallons of water needed: " + water);
        System.out.println("Ammount of shotguns needed: " + shotguns);
        System.out.println("Amount of shotgun shells needed: " + shells);
        
        
    
    }}

Again, thanks for any help and hope all is well out there!

 

[Deleted member 2829]

Here is my final code and still having problems: 1. Calculations are still off and making negative numbers where there shouldn't be. 2. My if/else statement is printing below as opposed to on the same line as the "Number of days left".

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ZombieCalc {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        double shotguns,days,lbs,water;
       
       
        System.out.print("Enter the population of the outbreak area before infection: ");
        int population = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the minimum expected survivors: ");
        int survivors = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the average estimated shotgun blasts needed to kill 1 zombie: ");
        int shotgun = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        System.out.print("Enter the number of zombies each survivor can kill each day: ");
        int zombiekills = Integer.valueOf(scan.nextLine());
        Random rn = new Random();
        int totzombies = population - (rn.nextInt(5) * survivors);
        days = totzombies / (survivors * zombiekills);
        lbs = days * survivors * 4;
        water = days * survivors;
        shotguns = survivors * 1.1;
        int shells = totzombies * shotgun;
       
        System.out.println("****** ANALYSIS ******");
        System.out.println("Population:");
        System.out.println("Total number of Zombies: " + totzombies);
        System.out.println("Total number of Survivors: " + (survivors - totzombies));
        System.out.println(" ");
        System.out.println("Supplies:");
        System.out.println("Number of days 'till it's over: " + days );
        if (days > 5) {
            System.out.print("Quite a few days left");
        }  else System.out.print("Not too many days left.");
        System.out.println("Lbs of food needed: " + lbs);
        System.out.println("Gallons of water needed: " + water);
        System.out.println("Ammount of shotguns needed: " + shotguns);
        System.out.println("Amount of shotgun shells needed: " + shells);
       
       
   
    }}

Again, thanks for any help and hope all is well out there!

No, the +0 was not the problem of course. I was just wondering about out it.

So now you have

int totzombies = population - (rn.nextInt(5) * survivors);

What makes you think this should always be positive ? You did not do any checking in the input variables. Recall that rn.nextInt(5) can be 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.

About your print output from

System.out.println("Number of days 'till it's over: " + days ); if (days > 5) { System.out.print("Quite a few days left"); } else System.out.print("Not too many days left.");

Of course these will be two separate lines, as you have used println first. It should be the other way around : print first, then println.