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currently i dont know what im doing wrong here is my sample code please help me
Problem:
02-28 03:41:51.750: E/AndroidRuntime(8431): java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index 95, size is 90
02-28 03:41:51.750: E/AndroidRuntime(8431): at java.util.ArrayList.throwIndexOutOfBoundsException(ArrayList.java:255)
02-28 03:41:51.750: E/AndroidRuntime(8431): at com.example.finalpro.ThirdQuiz$1.onClick(ThirdQuiz.java:248
02-28 03:41:51.750: E/AndroidRuntime(8431): at com.example.finalpro.ThirdQuiz.showNextQuiz(ThirdQuiz.java:194)
02-28 03:41:51.750: E/AndroidRuntime(8431): at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:308)
Now my Java :
public class ThirdQuiz extends ActionBarActivity {
private TextView countLabel;
private TextView questionLabel;
private Button answerBtn1;
private Button answerBtn2;
private Button answerBtn3;
private Button answerBtn4;
private String rightAnswer;
private int rightAnswerCount = 0;
private int quizCount = 1;
static final private int QUIZ_COUNT = 25;
int quizCategory = 0;
ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> quizArray = new ArrayList<>();
String quizData[][] = {
// {"Country", "Right Answer", "Choice1", "Choice2", "Choice3"}
{"Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die", "Fire"," Ice ","Hot","Cold"} ,
{"I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. What am I", " Clouds"," Rain ","Rainbow ","Sun"},
{"You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?", " A reflection"," Mirror","Wall","BlackBoard"},
{"What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?", " Your name"," Your NickName","Your LastName"," Your UserName"},
{"What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?", " NOON"," Moon","Four","Dead"},
{"What runs around the whole yard without moving?", " A fence"," Wall","Board"," Table"},
{"What kind of table can you eat?", " Vegetable"," Meat","Fruits"," Chicken"},
{"What's orange and sounds like a parrot?", " A carrot","Banana","Meat"," Potato"},
{"Which is the most curious letter?", " Y?","A?","B?"," X?"},
{"What does the big tomato say to the small tomato?", " Ketchup","Mang Thomas","Datu Puti","Silver Swan"},
{"What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?", " Teapot","Team Potatot","Tilt","Talt"},
{"People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?", "Plates and cuttlery","My Friends","Food","Junk Food"},
{"The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?", "Footsteps","Slow Motion","At the back","Hiding"},
{"A blue house has blue bricks; a yellow house has a yellow bricks. What is a green house made of?", "Glass","Grass","Wall","Door"},
{"Railroad crossing without any cars. Can you spell that without any R’s?", "Thats","Why","Where","How"},
{"What kind of dog keeps the best time?", "Watchdog","Watch Anime","Watch Cartoons","Watch Actions"},
{"You can do this with your friends. You can do this with your nose. But don't do it with your friend's nose!", "Pick","Touch","Watch","Move"},
{"What is it something that you always have but you always leave behind?", "Fingerprints","Footprints","Faceprints","Bodyprints"},
{"How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?", "Stand back to back","Following me","Stay","Istalker"},
{"There was a plane crash every single person died. Who survived?", "Married couples","Single Parents","Single","RelationShip"},
{"What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?", "His job","His Family","Important to me"," His RelationShip"},
{"This company makes billions of dollars selling Windows.", "Microsoft","Google","PowerPoint"," Microsoft Office"},
{"What language does a billboard speak?", " Sign language"," Rain ","Rainbow ","Sun"} ,
{"What does this mean? Wondealicerland", "Alice in wonderland"," Batman ","Superman ","SpiderMan"} ,
{"Which ring is square?", "A boxing ring","Basketball Court ","Volleyball Court ","Class Room"} ,
{"What US state is surrounded by the most water?", "Hawaii"," Canada ","America ","Hongkong"} ,
{"Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?", "0"," 2 ","4","6"} ,
{"Which of Santa's reindeer can you see in outer space?", "Comet"," Asteroid ","Meteors","Planet"} ,
{"What gets tighter when stretched?", "A budget"," Exercise ","Hungry","Waster"} ,
{"When set loose I fly away, Never so cursed As when I go astray.", "A fart"," hungry ","Hurry","Sleepy"} ,
{"Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?", "A shadow"," A friend ","Family","Enemy"} ,
{"Fashions change but what can a person wear that is never out of style?", "A smile"," Sad ","Angry","Ugly"},
{"A kind of tree can you carry in your hand?", "A palm"," Foot ","Ears","Touch"} ,
{"What can you catch but not throw?", "A cold"," Sad ","Angry","Ugly"} ,
{"What sits in a corner while travelling all around the world?", "Stamp"," Hi ","Signature","Messages"} ,
{"I'm flat when I'm new. I'm fat when you use me. I release my gas when something sharp touches me. What am I?", "A balloon"," Mirror","Picture","Selfie"},
{"I am a king who’s good at measuring stuff. What am I?", "Ruler"," Ball Pen ","Eraser","Pencil"},
{"Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?", "Alphabet"," Letters ","Spelling","Direction"} ,
{"What can you hear but not touch or see and yet control?", "Your voice"," Moving ","Stay","Go away"} ,
{"What did the thief get for stealing the calendar?", "12 Months"," 10 Months ","11 Months","8 Months"} ,
{"Before Mt. Everest was discovered as the highest mountain in the world, which mountain was the highest?", "Mt Everest"," Mt k2 ","Mt Makalu","Mr Panaslu"} ,
{"howers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring?", "Pilgrims"," Ball Pen ","Eraser","Pencil"} ,
{"What did Adam say the day before Christmas?", "It's Christmas, Eve!"," New Year ","Birthday","Reunion"} ,
{"What kind of fish chases a mouse?", "Catfish"," Dog ","Horse","Bird"} ,
{"What has four legs, but can't walk?", "A table"," Board ","Chair","Pencil"} ,
{"What is always slow to come, but never actually happens?", "Tomorrow"," Yesterday ","Later","After Noon"} ,
{"If you blow past your destination, you'll have to throw your car into this."," Reverse ","Force","Move","Walk"},
{"What has a mouth but can't chew?", "River"," Road ","Air","Inside"} ,
{"David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ?","David"," Angel ","Mico","Klein"} ,
{"What has a ring, but no finger?", "Phone"," Laptop ","Computer","Tablet"},
{"You play with me at night before going to sleep. You can’t get caught fiddling with me at work. You only let a select few people touch me. What am I?","Phone","pillow","blanket","toys"},
{" What’s a four-letter word that ends in “k” and means the same as intercourse?","Talk","seek","peek","weak"},
{" I start with a “v” and every woman has one. She can even use me to get what she wants. What am I?","voice.","vase","vein","verse"},
{" I come in a lot of different sizes. Sometimes, I drip a little. If you blow me, it feels really good. What am I?","nose.","mout","ears","eyes"},
{".What’s in a man’s pants that you won’t find in a girl’s dress?","Pockets","stripes","buttons","zipper"},
{"You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do. What am I?","tent.","house","barbique","rope"},
{"What’s long and hard and has cum in it?","cucumber","egg plant","bittergourd","bottlegourd"},
{" If I miss, I might hit your bush. It’s my job to stuff your box. When I come, it’s news. What am I?","newspaperboy","reporter","tv","radio"},
{" What four-letter word begins with “f” and ends with “k,” and if you can’t get it you can always just use your hands?"," fork","fowk","feek","flak"},
{" All day long it’s in and out. I discharge loads from my shaft. Both men and women go down on me. What am I?","elevator","escalator","stairs","ladders"},
{"I’m spread out before being eaten. Your tongue gets me off. People sometimes lick my nuts. What am I?","Peanut butter.","jelly","ketchup","mayonnaise"},
{"Arnold Schwarzenegger’s is really long. Michael J. Fox’s is short. Daffy Duck’s isn’t human. Madonna doesn’t have one. What am I?","last name","first name","middle name","nickname"},
{"What is hard and hairy on the outside, soft and wet on the inside? The word begins with “c,” ends in “t,”.","coconut.","coat","cat","carrot"},
{"I start with a “p” and ends with “n” and I’m a major player in the film industry. What am I?","popcorn","person","penguin","putin"},
{"My business is briefs. I’m a cunning linguist. I plead and plead for it regularly. What am I?","lawyer","judge","police","governor"},
{"You get a lot of it if you’re powerful and successful, but significantly less when you’re just starting out. You sometimes do it with yourself, but it’s a lot better when you do it with another person. What am I talking about?","email","chat","text","mail"},
{"I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with a quiver. What am I?","arrow","javellin","bullet","rocket"},
{"I go in hard but come out soft, and I never mind if you want to blow me. What am I?","bubblegum","clay","paper","cement"},
{"What does a dog do that a man steps into?","pants","shorts","shirt","underwear"},
{"I’m great for protection. You use your fingers to get me off. What am I?","gloves","cloth","shield","ring"},
{"What gets longer if pulled, fits snugly between breasts, slides neatly into a hole, chokes people when used incorrectly, and works well when jerked?","seatbelt","belt","tie","sash"},
{"What’s beautiful and natural, but gets prickly if it isn’t trimmed regularly?","lawn","park","tree","hair"},
{"All men have one, but it’s longer on some than others. The Pope never uses his, and a man gives it to his wife once they’re married.","last name","first name","middle name","nickname"},
{"I assist with erections. Sometimes, giant balls hang from me. I’m known as a big swinger. What am I?","crane","wrecking ball","giant arm","hook"},
{"You find me in a guy’s pants. I’m about six inches long, I have a head, and some women love to blow me. What am I?","twenty dollar bill","credit card","check","ID"},
{"When I go in, I can cause some pain. I’ll fill your holes when you ask me to. I also ask that you spit, and not swallow. What am I?","dentist","Dermatologists ","Endocrinologists ","Colon and Rectal Surgeons "},
{"I grow in a bed, first white then red, and the plumper I get, the better women like me. What am I?","strawberry.","raspberries"," blueberries"," blackcurrants"},
{"I’m the highlight of many dates. I’m especially responsive when you put your fingers deep inside me. What am I?","bowling ball","basketball","baseball","soccer"},
{"What’s made of rubber, handed out at some schools, and exists to prevent mistakes?","Erasers","pencils","chalk","paper"},
{"I’m at least six inches long. I love it wet and foamy when I get to do my job. What am I?","toothbrush.","comb","brush","sponge"},
{"Over 1,000 people went down on me. I wasn’t a maiden for long. Something really big and hard ripped me open. What am I?","titanic","train to busan","snake on a plane","fast and furious"},
{"It’s a fun thing to do and you devote a significant amount of energy to thinking about it, but you hate knowing that your parents are doing it. What is it?","facebook","twitter","instagram","youtube"},
{"What’s most useful when it’s long and hard?","education","patience","relationship","trust"},
{"What’s white, sticky, and better to spit than to swallow?","toothpaste","glue","mayonnaise","milk"},
{"A lot of people like these to be as long as possible, but short ones can be effective, and it’s definitely possible for them to be too long. What are they?","tweets","cooments","reply","post"},
{"Name a word that’s four letters long, ends in “u-n-t” and is used to refer to some women?","aunt","uncle","grandmother","grandfather"},
{"What does a woman have two of the a cow has four of?","legs","arms","foot","toe"},
{"What goes up, lets out a load, and then goes back down?","elevator","bus","plane","rocket"},
{"If you put three fingers into these holes, it's gonna be a shocker. What am I talking about?","power outlet","window","bowlingball holes","ears"},
{"Some people prefer being on top, others prefer being on the bottom, and it always involves a bed.","bunk bed","floor","bedroom","bedrock"},
{"What goes naked to keep you warm?","sheep","cow","chicken","fish"},
{"What does a gay horse eat?","haaaay","grass","leaves","fish"},
{"If there is H2O on the inside of a fire hydrant, what is on the outside? ","K9P","CuTe","SiLi","h2"},
{"What word starts with ''c'' and ends with ''t'' and is synonymous with pussy?","cat","chicken","crow","cow"},
{"what is tall when it's young and short when old?","candle","pole","building","statue"},
};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_third_quiz);
countLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.countLabel);
questionLabel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.questionLabel);
answerBtn1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.answerBtn1);
answerBtn2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.answerBtn2);
answerBtn3 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.answerBtn3);
answerBtn4 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.answerBtn4);
Typeface font3 = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "GrinchedRegular.otf");
countLabel.setTypeface(font3);
questionLabel.setTypeface(font3);
answerBtn1.setTypeface(font3);
answerBtn2.setTypeface(font3);
answerBtn3.setTypeface(font3);
answerBtn4.setTypeface(font3);
//Receive from StartuActivitu
quizCategory = getIntent().getIntExtra("QUIZ_CATEGORY",0);
Log.v("CATEGORY_TAG", quizCategory + "");
// Create quizArray from quizData.
for (int i = 0; i < quizData.length; i++) {
// Prepare array.
ArrayList<String> tmpArray = new ArrayList<>();
tmpArray.add(quizData[i][0]); // Country
tmpArray.add(quizData[i][1]); // Right Answer
tmpArray.add(quizData[i][2]); // Choice1
tmpArray.add(quizData[i][3]); // Choice2
tmpArray.add(quizData[i][4]); // Choice3
// Add tmpArray to quizArray.
quizArray.add(tmpArray);
}
showNextQuiz();
}
public void showNextQuiz() {
// Update quizCountLabel.
countLabel.setText("Q" + quizCount);
// Generate random number between 0 and 14 (quizArray's size - 1).
Random random = new Random();
int randomNum= 0;
if(quizCategory==0){
randomNum = random.nextInt(quizArray.size());
}
else if (quizCategory==1){
randomNum = random.nextInt(50 - 0) + 0 ;
}
else if (quizCategory==2){
randomNum= random.nextInt(100 - 50) + 50;
}
else {
randomNum= random.nextInt(150 - 100)+100;
}
// Pick one quiz set.
ArrayList<String> quiz = quizArray.get(randomNum);
// Set question and right answer.
// Array format: {"Country", "Right Answer", "Choice1", "Choice2", "Choice3"}
questionLabel.setText(quiz.get(0));
rightAnswer = quiz.get(1);
// Remove "Country" from quiz and Shuffle choices.
quiz.remove(0);
Collections.shuffle(quiz);
// Set Choices.
answerBtn1.setText(quiz.get(0));
answerBtn2.setText(quiz.get(1));
answerBtn3.setText(quiz.get(2));
answerBtn4.setText(quiz.get(3));
// Remove this quiz from quizArray.
quizArray.remove(randomNum);
}
public void checkAnswer(View view) {
// Get pushed button.
Button answerBtn = (Button) findViewById(view.getId());
String btnText = answerBtn.getText().toString();
String alertTitle;
if (btnText.equals(rightAnswer)) {
// Correct!
alertTitle = "Correct!";
rightAnswerCount++;
} else {
// Wrong...
alertTitle = "Wrong...";
}
// Create Dialog.
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle(alertTitle);
builder.setMessage("Answer : " + rightAnswer);
builder.setNegativeButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
if (quizCount == QUIZ_COUNT) {
// Show Result.
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ResultActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("RIGHT_ANSWER_COUNT", rightAnswerCount);
startActivity(intent);
} else {
quizCount++;
showNextQuiz();
}
}
});
builder.setCancelable(false);
builder.show();
}
}
Lastly let me add that i havent put the last details on index 100-150 our if fits realy index sorry if im stupid or sound stupid im fairly new ot this im really sorry.

How do I print a random word from a string array? Java

I have to make the three arrays in my code (shown below) to print randomly. So for "Today:" and "Tomorrow" print a random good or bad comment. For your lucky and not so lucky days, print a random date and a random good comment for the lucky day and random bad comment for the not so lucky day. I don't know how to pick randomly from string arrays. I have this due tomorrow and I just started coding a few months ago so im not sure how I would go about doing this.
Today: You will meet an old friend!
Tomorrow: Trust your intuition. The universe is guiding your life.
Your lucky day for 2016 is November 4: You will win the jackpot.
Your not so lucky day for 2016 is January 24: Power failure day
This is my code:
String Month[]={"January","Febuary","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"};
String goodcomment[]={"None of the secrets of success will work unless you do","Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic","You were born with the skill to communicate with people easily","The first step to better times is to imagine them","Trust your intuition. The Universe is your guiding light","It doesnt matter. Who is without a flaw?","Your happiness is interwined with your outlook on life","The secret of getting ahead is getting started", "Failure will never overtake you if my determination to succeed is strong enough.","What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.","In order to succeed, you must first believe that you can.","Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."};
String badcomment[]={"Power failure today","You'll miss the bus","Too many things to do and not enough time","University entranced denied","You'll lose your phone","You'll miss your date","You'll forget someone close to you's birthday", "Today is a disastrous day. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em","You will meet someone next week that will bring negativity into your life","Don't step on a crack","You will wake up sad tomorrow","Your car will break down"};

You can use the Random class for this. The method nextInt(int bount) will return a random integer from 0 to bound-1.
So to randomly select a string from an array, you can do:
Random random = new Random();
int randomIdx = random.nextInt(goodComment.length);
System.out.println(goodComment[randomIdx]);

Solution will be obtaining selecting a random number from 0 or 1 to select randomly from good or bad comment (i.e. 0 – good comment and 1 – bad comment). Then selecting a comment randomly from the selected array by obtaining a random number from 0 to (length of the selected array – 1) in order to indicate the index of the printing comment. You can use the approach suggested by tixopi to generate the random number.
private String goodcomment[] = { "None of the secrets of success will work unless you do",
"Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic"};
private String badcomment[] = { "Power failure today", "You'll miss the bus", "Too many things to do and not enough time",
"University entranced denied", "You'll lose your phone", "You'll miss your date"};
private Random indexGenerator = new Random();
public void printCommentWithPrefix(String prefix) {
System.out.println(prefix + " : " + selectRandomGoodOrBadComment());
}
private String selectRandomGoodOrBadComment() {
String randomGoodOrBadComment;
if (selectEitherGoodOrBad() == 0) {
randomGoodOrBadComment = selectAComment(goodcomment);
} else {
randomGoodOrBadComment = selectAComment(badcomment);
}
return randomGoodOrBadComment;
}
private int selectEitherGoodOrBad() {
int goodOrBadIndicator = indexGenerator.nextInt(2);
return goodOrBadIndicator;
}
private String selectAComment(String[] comment) {
int indexOfSelectedComment = indexGenerator.nextInt(comment.length);
String selectedComment = comment[indexOfSelectedComment];
return selectedComment;
}

If and if else again

The problem I seem to be having is that I am unsure on how to make the program recognize if the player is in one of the "MVP" positions (C,SS,CF) before moving forward with my program logic.
These three positions qualify for "MVP" status only if their OPS is above 800 for everyone else, it has to be 900 or above to be considered for "MVP".
Once again, I am having trouble with the "if" and "if else" statement.
Again, This IS school given problem and I don't want the answer. Only insight into what I am doing wrong. I want to learn this not have it done for me. Thank you in advance.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class baseBall {
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* A good part of a baseball player's offensive value is captured by the
statistic OPS - the sum of the player's on base percentage and slugging
percentage. An MVP candidate will typically have an OPS above 900,
however if they play a difficult defensive position (catcher, shortstop, or center field)
then they are an MVP candidate if their OPS is above 800. Write a program that will prompt the user for
a player's name, their on base percentage, slugging percentage, and defensive position and report whether the player is an MVP candidate*/
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please enter players name: ");
String name = input.next();
System.out.println("Please enter On Base Percentage: ");
double Obp = input.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter slugging Percentage: ");
double Slg = input.nextDouble();
System.out
.println("Please enter position (P,C,1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF): ");
String ball = input.next();
String position;
double Ops = Obp + Slg;
if ( position.equalsIgnoreCase("ss")){
if (position.equalsIgnoreCase("cf")){
if (position.equalsIgnoreCase("c")){
System.out.println("MVP Candidate!");
else
System.out.println("NOT an MVP Candidate!);
}
}
}
}
}

Try doing it without nested IFs. Instead, try using Boolean operators like AND and OR.
As previously stated try using a paper first. Try drawing a decision tree to see what and where it might be going wrong.

Your code is checking if the player position is c AND ss AND cf. But the player will be only in one position, it can't be in all the three, so your code will always print "Not an MVP Candidate!".
To make it simple your code is checking if the position is c AND ss AND CF, instead you want to check if the position is c OR ss OR cf.
So you have to use the conditional operator OR -> ||:
if(position.equalsIgnoreCase("ss") || position.equalsIgnoreCase("cf") || position.equalsIgnoreCase("c") {
System.out.println("MVP Candidate!");
} else {
System.out.println("NOT an MVP Candidate!);
}

Your nested ifs will never be true. Think about this logically and on paper.
If position equals ss how can it equal cf and c at the same time? Always ask yourself: "does this make sense?" -- do this before committing code to screen and you'll be golden.
As a side recommendation, please get rid of those distracting // from your question text. They serve no purpose other than to annoy.

JOptionPane variable might not have been initialized

I'm sorry the code is so long, I just need to know what I'm missing to initialize all my decisions. The compiler is complaining about my variable not being initialized. Thank you.
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class SemesterProject
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String SemesterProject =
"Hello and welcome to Juans adventure story! Your choices throughout this story will bring your doom or your salvation!\n"+
"No one has been able to complete this story and lived to tell the tale, but maybe you will be the first one!.\n"+
"Our story begins in the small town of Badow. Many people in the town spread rumors of brave adventurers that\n"+
"go on the quest to solve the mysterious riddles of the abandond castle at the top of the hill.\n"+
"No one really knows who or what lies at the heart of the castle. Legend says that monsters guards the\n"+
"the many riches once owned by the family that died there, so many years ago.\n"+
"The Castle is full of dizzing turns and hidden corridors and dangerous monsters. Many adventureres \n"+
"have gone insane because of how they lose their way or go get stuck. It is the hardes quest known to man.\n"+
"The quest for you is to go to the castle, solve the riddles and claim the riches.\n"+
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.\n"+
"Be careful. Watch your back and always mark your trail because you never know what you will find next.\n"+
"If for some crazy reason you end up successful in this task, you will not only get the riches in the castle but\n"+
"you will also be crowned the king of the town of Badow. If you die, you lose.\n"+
"The last thing you have to do is input some of your personal information so that we keep you in our records.\n";
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,SemesterProject);
String name = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your first name.");
String age = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your age.");
String weight = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your weight.");
String haircolor = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your hair color.");
String GPA = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your GPA.");
String favoritecolor = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please give us your favorite color.");
String decision1,decision2,decision3,decision4,decision5,decision6;
decision1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Brave adventurer, welcome to the entrance of the abandoned castle of town Badow. At this moment\n"+
"You have a choice right now to give up and take a walk of shame back to the village, and to safety\n"+
"Or you can decide to go in and test your unique set of skills on the various challenges of the adventure\n"+
"ahead of you. Enter the number of your choice.You can either 1. Enter the castle 2. Stay behind.");
if (decision1.equals("1"))
{
decision2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You find yourself at the entrance of the castle with a choice to go down a dark hall\n"+
"or to the closest room on the right side. Be vary wary the darkness can make you lose your mind and go insane and remember\n"+
"to keep track of were you are. 1. Into the room 2. Down the hall.");
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You go back to your boring life in the town, you wont be remembered by anything and you\n"+
"lost your chance at getting the riches that lie deep in the castle. You lose.");
}
if (decision2.equals("1"))
{
decision3 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You step into the room and find some medication and a lantern with some oil.\n"+
"you also find a sword. You can choose now to go back to the dark hallway or to go down a hidden trap door in the room. It could be\n"+
"a shortcut or it could lead somewhere dangerous. 1. Back down the hall 2. Take your chances with the trapdoor.");
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"you should have looked in the room, you quickly lose your way and the darkness\n"+
"makes you crazy.");
}
if (decision3.equals("1"))
{
decision4 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You are back in the hall slowly hearing the echoing sound of your footsteps\n"+
"you head downstairs into what seems to be another hallway but this one full of barred rooms, kind of like a dungeon. There is\n"+
"a skeleton body on the ground which seems to be of another failure by an adventurer in the castle. You reach the end of the hall\n"+
"and there is two ways to go left or right. 1. Left 2. Right.");
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You squeeze through the trapdoor and fall down to the ground where you find youself lost and disoriented\n"+
"You dont know where you are and start to panic, you start becoming insane and die.");
}
if (decision4.equals("1"))
{
decision5 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You go left and hear a door open behind you, you panic and start to run\n"+
"you run intro different halls to try and escape but you trip. You just remembered that you have a sword with you and can now\n"+
"choose what to do 1. Take out sword and fight enemy 2. Get up and keep running.");
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"You go right and get locked in behind you. You realize that there isnt anwhere to go\n"+
"and get lost in the darkest part of the castle and die alone.");
}
if (decision5.equals("1"))
{
decision6 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You were able to fight of the armored enemy. But something tells you that that isnt the last of them. You continue on down the\n"+"hall and see from the distance to what seems to be your first prize. It cant be that easy.");
}
}
}

Define the decision variables as null. Instead of:
String decision1,decision2,decision3,decision4,decision5,decision6;
Define the variables as:
String decision1 = null;
String decision2 = null;
String decision3 = null;
String decision4 = null;
String decision5 = null;
String decision6 = null;

decision2 is only being set if decision1 is equal to 1. I think you want to put the if statements for the other decisions inside of each other like below:
if (decision1.equals("1"))
{
decision2 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You find yourself at the entrance of the castle with a choice to go down a dark hall\n"+
"or to the closest room on the right side. Be vary wary the darkness can make you lose your mind and go insane and remember\n"+
"to keep track of were you are. 1. Into the room 2. Down the hall.");
if (decision2.equals("1"))
{
decision3 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog
("You step into the room and find some medication and a lantern with some oil.\n"+
"you also find a sword. You can choose now to go back to the dark hallway or to go down a hidden trap door in the room. It could be\n"+
"a shortcut or it could lead somewhere dangerous. 1. Back down the hall 2. Take your chances with the trapdoor.");
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"you should have looked in the room, you quickly lose your way and the darkness\n"+
"makes you crazy.");
}
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"You go back to your boring life in the town, you wont be remembered by anything and you\n"+
"lost your chance at getting the riches that lie deep in the castle. You lose.");
}

You must initialize your String variables (decision1, decision2,...) as:
String decision1 = null, decision2 = null, decision3 = null, decision4 = null, decision5 = null, decision6 = null;
Note that you don't get a compile error for decision1 because in the line
decision1 = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(...);
it is being initialized.
Also, your program's logic is bad. If decision1 is not 1, then you will just show a message, but the program will continue to check the next condition:
if (decision2.equals("1"))
where you will get a NullPointerException because you are comparing null with 1.

JOptionPane variable might not have been initialized
So keep in mind one thing that whenever you get such kind of error messages try to see that your variables are properly declared.
See when you try to use int variable it can give you error message if that variable is used in some computation. So try to initialize the variables like:
int a=0;
You can do the same thing with string variables also like:
String a=null;
Returning to answer
In your code you have just declared the variables , but the fact is that you have to actually initialize them.
Replace
String decision1,decision2,decision3,decision4,decision5,decision6;
By
String decision1=null,decision2=null,decision3=null,decision4=null,decision5=null,decision6=null;

Java midi note to string mapping via octave of a note

In my project I want to be able to at least inform the user what string the note they need to play is on. I can get the note and its octave but as I've discovered, that note and its octave can appear in multiple places on a guitar fret board.
So my question is: Is there anyway to map a midi note to a guitar string?

Here's code that takes the MIDI note value and returns the position on the guitar fretboard closest to the end of the instrument. Fret zero is an open string.
static class Fingering {
int string;
int fret;
public String toString() {
return "String : " + stringNames[string] + ", fret : " + fret;
}
}
static String[] stringNames = new String[] {"Low E", "A", "D", "G", "B", "High E"};
/** Array showing guitar string's relative pitches, in semi-tones, with "0" being low E */
static int[] strings = new int[]{64, 69, 74, 79, 83, 88};
public static Fingering getIdealFingering(int note) {
if (note < strings[0])
throw new RuntimeException("Note " + note + " is not playable on a guitar in standard tuning.");
Fingering result = new Fingering();
int idealString = 0;
for (int x = 1; x < strings.length; x++) {
if (note < strings[x])
break;
idealString = x;
}
result.string = idealString;
result.fret = note - strings[idealString];
return result;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(64)); // Low E
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(66)); // F#
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(72)); // C on A string
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(76)); // E on D string
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(88)); // guitar's high e string, open
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(100)); // high E, 12th fret
System.out.println(getIdealFingering(103)); // high G
}
Result:
String : Low E, fret : 0
String : Low E, fret : 2
String : A, fret : 3
String : D, fret : 2
String : High E, fret : 0
String : High E, fret : 12
String : High E, fret : 15

Yes, with simple logic you can do this. I would consider using a HashMap of <Note, MidiNote> where Note is your class that holds both relative note and octave and has decent equals and hashcode methods, and MidiNote is your class to represent a Midi note.

Think of MIDI as like defining piano keys. Codes and keys are one-to-one. This is unlike a guitar or violin, where the same tone can be played in multiple places.
If you want to represent the greater freedom you have on a guitar in some data format, you'll have to find or invent a different format. MIDI won't encode what you want.
However, there's an indirect way you might go about this, and it has to do with developing heuristics as to where to play a note given a sliding window of notes that came before. A given note may be easier on one string or another depending on what you've just played, and you can calculate that given a model of the hand and where fingers will have been. Based on this, you can convert MIDI to guitar in a way that makes the MIDI easiest to play. If you have a piece of guitar music that follows these rules already, then you can encode it in MIDI and then decode it later.
But perhaps your question is more basic. Yes, you can map a MIDI note to a guitar. The naive method is to make a mapping of each note playable on the guitar, and you decide between equivalent alternatives by picking the one closest to the nut. This would be an easy one-to-one mapping but wouldn't necessarily be the easiest to play.
If you REALLY want to do it right, you'll do a careful analysis of the music to decide the optimal hand position and where the hand position should change, and then you'd associate MIDI notes with frets and strings based on what's easiest to reach based on the hand position. The optimal solution is probably NP-complete or worse, do you'd probably want to develop an approximate solution based on some rules about how often and how far you can change hand position.