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Java Java Objects Delivering the MVP Wrapping Up

Anshuman Tripathy
Anshuman Tripathy
868 Points
Posted by Anshuman Tripathy
Anshuman Tripathy
868 Points

Storing High Score dynamically and displaying it everytime program is compiled?

I'm having trouble with implementing this feature.

Someone had mentioned to store the HighScore variable statically in the Game class and to update it using a static function everytime a new high score is made.

But how do you do this?

I thought of having a finalScore variable too which stores the final score of the user just before the game ends (either win or loss). Then comparing the high score with the final score in the static function and updating the value of the HighScore variable.

BUT...We would need to initialize the values of finalScore and HighScore while defining them in Game.java

and everytime the program compiles won't those variable just take those initial values?

How do you make sure that High score from the previous program compilation persists?

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