I'm to design a rock, paper, scissors game but I know there has to be a shorter way to display the results than to put each possible result in an If statement. I just need help in how to display the results in a simpler way or a way that Rock will always win over scissors, etc.

[Declare String player
Declare String comp
Declare String winner

Set rand = random (1, 3)

Display “Enter rock, paper or scissors.”
Input player
Display “You selected .” player

If random(1, 3) == 1 Then
Display “The computer chose rock."
If random(1, 3) == 2 Then
Display “The computer chose paper.”
If random(1, 3) == 3 Then
Display “The computer chose scissors.”

//This is where I'm having the issue because there are
//a lot of If's to input. Is there an easier way or do I
//just have to write out each if as an if statement?
If player == rock Then

Display “The winner is !”, winner

If player == comp Then
End If

//These are the winning determining factors and I was just going
//to write out each possible way for each to win.
//Rock smashes the scissors
//Scissors cuts paper
//Paper wraps rock
//If answer is the same, play again]

Does your language support associative arrays?

If it does, try matching words to values. So array{rock} = 1, array{paper} = 2, etc.

Then just test something like this:

I understand what you're saying but how is that going to work if you have three values because you can't just put if one is larger than the other because there will be three values to consider.

The two values you are comparing are the value inside the associative array and the computer's answer.

Rock always beats scissors, right? And scissors always beats paper? And paper beats rock. So something like this:

Which would then fire whenever the user's entry won - which is the case of 3 vs. 2, 2 vs. 1, and 1 vs. 3 (which is the only case it doesn't work for). I leave the rest of the logic up to you.