[Ch5] Using Scanner to read input from the command line

    boolean isAlive = true;

    while (isAlive == true) {

      String guess = helper.getUserInput("enter a number");

      int guess = helper.getUserInput("enter a number");

      String result = theStartup.checkYourself(guess);

      numOfGuesses++;

      if (result.equals("kill")) {

package ch5;

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class GameHelper {

  public String getUserInput(String prompt) {

    String inputLine = null;

    System.out.print(prompt + "  ");

    try {

      BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

      inputLine = is.readLine();

      if (inputLine.length() == 0) {

        return null;

      }

    } catch (IOException e) {

      System.out.println("IOException: " + e);

    }

    return inputLine;

  public int getUserInput(String prompt) {

    System.out.print(prompt + ": ");

    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

    return scanner.nextInt();

  }

}

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    SimpleStartup dot = new SimpleStartup();

    int[] locations = {2, 3, 4};

    dot.setLocationCells(locations);

    String userGuess = "2";

    int userGuess = 2;

    String result = dot.checkYourself(userGuess);

    System.out.println(result);

  }

    locationCells = locs;

  }

  public String checkYourself(String stringGuess) {

    int guess = Integer.parseInt(stringGuess);

  public String checkYourself(int guess) {

    String result = "miss";

    for (int cell : locationCells) {

      if (guess == cell) {

        numOfHits++;

        break;

      }

    } // out of the loop

    } // close for

    if (numOfHits ==

        locationCells.length) {

    if (numOfHits == locationCells.length) {

      result = "kill";

    }

    return result;