Please write in ECLIPSE JAVA. Please no buffered readers and please do not use Javas built in data structures or data functionality (Like sorting and searching), however stuff like java.util.scanner and wild cards like java.io.* and java.util.* are fine, but please remember I am very much a beginner at this and would much rather understand the material instead of doing it the easier way using built-in data structures. It would also be nice if you could do it in the way that is suggested because I understand that way pretty well, however it's not critical. Thanks in advance.

Objective:

Write a program which emulates the final game of a famous price related game show. The program must read from a file (prizeList.txt) and populate an array of 50 prizes. Each item has an associate name and price, which is in the file and also in the order named. The name and price are separated by a tab. The program must then randomly pick 5 items out of that array for the showcase showdown, in which repeated items are allowed. Then, the program must prompt the user with the names (individual prices hidden) of the prizes that have been randomly selected and ask them to enter the total cost closest without going over. Since there is not another contestant in this version of the game, the program must also check to see if the price guessed is within $2,000 of the actual retail price or else they lose as well. The game will continue until the user chooses to quit.

Suggested Methodology

You can solve this in any number of ways, and here's a way you may take to approach this problem.

3 Classes

Prize: This is a simple class which holds a single item from the list provided. As such it has two instance variables prize and name, and also all the accessors, mutators, and constructors associated with it.

Showcase: A more complex class which holds the arrays for the entire prize list and the randomly prize array that is the showcase. Each array uses the type Prize. This class must populate the entire prize array upon its construction from the file. Also the file contains each prize name and cost separated by a tab. A method for populating the showcase by randomly selecting items from the prize list is strongly recommended.

ShowcaseGame: This is the entire front end of the game. All of the users input and the prompts should go in this class which contains nothing more than a main method.

Example Dialog:

Welcome to the showcase show down!

Your prizes are:

milk

bread

car

car

car

You must guess the total cost of all without going over

Enter your guess

60000

You guessed 60000.0 the actual price is 60012.0

Your guess was under! You win!

Would you like to play again? Enter 'no' to quit

yes

Welcome to the showcase show down!

Your prizes are:

moose

boat

bread

bread

bread

You must guess the total cost of all without going over

Enter your guess

40000

You guessed 40000.0 the actual price is 51021.0

I'm sorry but that guess was bad. You lose for being bad.

Would you like to play again? Enter 'no' to quit

yes

Welcome to the showcase show down!

Your prizes are:

milk

moose

cheese

cheese

boat

You must guess the total cost of all without going over

Enter your guess

200000

You guessed 200000.0 the actual price is 51015.0

I'm sorry but that was over... You get nothing

Would you like to play again? Enter 'no' to quit

no

Goodbye

Here is the contents of the text file "prizeList.txt"

Car 20000 Boat 50000 Moose 1000 Goat 200 Shredded wheat 2 Cheese 5 Milk 5 Bread 7 Big TV 1000 Life time supply of Cheetos 2000 Lamp 20 Blender 30 Food Processor 40 Camera 400 Watch 750 Beard Supplies 800 Trip to Latvia 4000 Ski Equipment 1200 Pair of Scooters 2000 A basket of turtles 20 Fiber Supplement 6 Handful of hard candy 2 Large Ball of Foil 5 Heap of Makeup 100 A Pet Crow 50 A Trunk Full of Shoes 500 Trip to New Zealand 5000 Robosaurus 100000 Espresso Making Ferrets 1200 Antacid 5 A box of slightly used magazines 1 Pinball Machine 1500 Jar of Tomato Paste 5 Aspirin 8 Unreasonable amount of luncheon meat 200 Dinette Set 1400 Bedroom Set 1600 Washer and Dryer 1500 Microwave 30 Latest Video Game Console 500 Globe that lights up! 400 A sparkly necklace 800 Tennis Equipment 500 Cereal 4 The Antidote 250000 Ping Pong Table 400 A Very Very Pretty Ring 1200 Guitar 1500 Banjo 120 Exotic Plants 500 A Large Cowboy Hat 100