[FIXED] Counter only adds once

Issue

I have a simple hangman game that has a Jlabel that is supposed to show how many times the word was guessed right. It uses a simple counter wins++ and will show up properly after the first win but any after won't work. The counter won't add more so do I need to use a loop in some way?

if (word.equals(dashes.toString()))
{   
     wordOutput.setText("You Win!");
     wins++; //add 1 to win counter
     winsOutput.setText("Wins: " + wins);
}

Seems like this should be simple but I don't know what's wrong

Solution

I think you made the win variable as a local, which will get its initial stage after every execution, make the win variable outside of the method and you can also make it static.

public class Hangman {
   // here is the variable..
   private int wins = 0;

   // Here are your other methods..
   public void processGame(){
   }

}

By the way, it will also works fine without static if your game does not have more than one classes etc. Give it a try with static and without it, but the main point is initializing it outside of the class.

Answered By - Rehan Javed