import java.util.Scanner; import java.lang.Math; /** * Game of FlipFlop *

* Based on the BASIC game of FlipFlop here * https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/blob/main/36%20Flip%20Flop/flipflop.bas *

* Note: The idea was to create a version of the 1970's BASIC game in Java, without introducing * new features - no additional text, error checking, etc has been added. * * Converted from BASIC to Java by Darren Cardenas. */ public class FlipFlop { private final Scanner scan; // For user input private enum Step { RANDOMIZE, INIT_BOARD, GET_NUMBER, ILLEGAL_ENTRY, FLIP_POSITION, SET_X_FIRST, SET_X_SECOND, GENERATE_R_FIRST, GENERATE_R_SECOND, PRINT_BOARD, QUERY_RETRY } public FlipFlop() { scan = new Scanner(System.in); } // End of constructor FlipFlop public void play() { showIntro(); startGame(); } // End of method play private static void showIntro() { System.out.println(" ".repeat(31) + "FLIPFLOP"); System.out.println(" ".repeat(14) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"); System.out.println(""); } // End of method showIntro private void startGame() { double mathVal = 0; double randVal = 0; double tmpVal = 0; int index = 0; int match = 0; int numFlip = 0; int numGuesses = 0; Step nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE; String userResponse = ""; String[] board = new String[21]; System.out.println("THE OBJECT OF THIS PUZZLE IS TO CHANGE THIS:"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("X X X X X X X X X X"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("TO THIS:"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("O O O O O O O O O O"); System.out.println(""); System.out.println("BY TYPING THE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF THE"); System.out.println("LETTER ON SOME NUMBERS, ONE POSITION WILL CHANGE, ON"); System.out.println("OTHERS, TWO WILL CHANGE. TO RESET LINE TO ALL X'S, TYPE 0"); System.out.println("(ZERO) AND TO START OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME, TYPE "); System.out.println("11 (ELEVEN)."); System.out.println(""); // Begin outer while loop while (true) { // Begin switch switch (nextStep) { case RANDOMIZE: randVal = Math.random(); System.out.println("HERE IS THE STARTING LINE OF X'S."); System.out.println(""); numGuesses = 0; nextStep = Step.INIT_BOARD; break; case INIT_BOARD: System.out.println("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"); System.out.println("X X X X X X X X X X"); System.out.println(""); // Avoid out of bounds error by starting at zero for (index = 0; index <= 10; index++) { board[index] = "X"; } nextStep = Step.GET_NUMBER; break; case GET_NUMBER: System.out.print("INPUT THE NUMBER? "); userResponse = scan.nextLine(); try { numFlip = Integer.parseInt(userResponse); } catch (NumberFormatException ex) { nextStep = Step.ILLEGAL_ENTRY; break; } // Command to start a new game if (numFlip == 11) { nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE; break; } if (numFlip > 11) { nextStep = Step.ILLEGAL_ENTRY; break; } // Command to reset the board if (numFlip == 0) { nextStep = Step.INIT_BOARD; break; } if (match == numFlip) { nextStep = Step.FLIP_POSITION; break; } match = numFlip; if (board[numFlip].equals("O")) { nextStep = Step.SET_X_FIRST; break; } board[numFlip] = "O"; nextStep = Step.GENERATE_R_FIRST; break; case ILLEGAL_ENTRY: System.out.println("ILLEGAL ENTRY--TRY AGAIN."); nextStep = Step.GET_NUMBER; break; case GENERATE_R_FIRST: mathVal = Math.tan(randVal + numFlip / randVal - numFlip) - Math.sin(randVal / numFlip) + 336 * Math.sin(8 * numFlip); tmpVal = mathVal - (int)Math.floor(mathVal); numFlip = (int)(10 * tmpVal); if (board[numFlip].equals("O")) { nextStep = Step.SET_X_FIRST; break; } board[numFlip] = "O"; nextStep = Step.PRINT_BOARD; break; case SET_X_FIRST: board[numFlip] = "X"; if (match == numFlip) { nextStep = Step.GENERATE_R_FIRST; } else { nextStep = Step.PRINT_BOARD; } break; case FLIP_POSITION: if (board[numFlip].equals("O")) { nextStep = Step.SET_X_SECOND; break; } board[numFlip] = "O"; nextStep = Step.GENERATE_R_SECOND; break; case GENERATE_R_SECOND: mathVal = 0.592 * (1 / Math.tan(randVal / numFlip + randVal)) / Math.sin(numFlip * 2 + randVal) - Math.cos(numFlip); tmpVal = mathVal - (int)mathVal; numFlip = (int)(10 * tmpVal); if (board[numFlip].equals("O")) { nextStep = Step.SET_X_SECOND; break; } board[numFlip] = "O"; nextStep = Step.PRINT_BOARD; break; case SET_X_SECOND: board[numFlip] = "X"; if (match == numFlip) { nextStep = Step.GENERATE_R_SECOND; break; } nextStep = Step.PRINT_BOARD; break; case PRINT_BOARD: System.out.println("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"); for (index = 1; index <= 10; index++) { System.out.print(board[index] + " "); } numGuesses++; System.out.println(""); for (index = 1; index <= 10; index++) { if (!board[index].equals("O")) { nextStep = Step.GET_NUMBER; break; } } if (nextStep == Step.GET_NUMBER) { break; } if (numGuesses > 12) { System.out.println("TRY HARDER NEXT TIME. IT TOOK YOU " + numGuesses + " GUESSES."); } else { System.out.println("VERY GOOD. YOU GUESSED IT IN ONLY " + numGuesses + " GUESSES."); } nextStep = Step.QUERY_RETRY; break; case QUERY_RETRY: System.out.print("DO YOU WANT TO TRY ANOTHER PUZZLE? "); userResponse = scan.nextLine(); if (userResponse.toUpperCase().charAt(0) == 'N') { return; } System.out.println(""); nextStep = Step.RANDOMIZE; break; default: System.out.println("INVALID STEP"); nextStep = Step.QUERY_RETRY; break; } // End of switch } // End outer while loop } // End of method startGame public static void main(String[] args) { FlipFlop game = new FlipFlop(); game.play(); } // End of method main } // End of class FlipFlop