How to count how many games are won?

For this rock, paper, scissors code I need to count how many games are won by the computer, player, and end in a tie. Would I use the count command?

disp('A game of Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock')
count=0
count1=0
count2=0
%Input player's choice
name=input('Make your move:','s');
%Create a numeric variable for player e.g. if
%player_name=='paper' then player_number=1
if strcmpi(name,'rock')
    player_number=2;
elseif strcmpi(name,'paper')
    player_number=1;
elseif strcmpi(name,'scissors')
    player_number=0;
elseif strcmpi(name, 'Lizard')
    player_number=3
elseif strcmpi(name, 'Spock')
    player_number=4
else
   error('myApp:argChk', 'Not a valid name, please choose only one of the three given superpowers.')
end
%Create a random number for the computer
computer_number=randi([0,4],1);
%Depending on the number, create a string value for computer's choise
if computer_number==0
    computer_name='Scissors';
elseif computer_number==1
    computer_name='Paper';
elseif computer_number==3
    computer_name='Lizard'
elseif computer_number==4
    computer_name='Spock'
else
    computer_name='Rock';
end
%Compute the difference, make the comparison and find the winner
diff=mod(player_number-computer_number,5);
fprintf('Player chose %s \n Computer chose %s \n',name,computer_name)
if diff==2 
    disp('Player Wins')
    count=count+1
elseif diff==1
    disp('Computer Wins')
    ccount1=count1+1
elseif diff==3
    disp('Player Wins')
    count=count+1
elseif diff==4
    disp('Player Wins')
    count=count+1
else
    disp('Draw')
    count2=count2+1
end

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Yes, you would keep 3 separate counts. But not 4. Why are you initializing count1 to zero, but not incrementing it, and instead assigning ccount1??? I strongly suspect you mean count1 instead of ccount1.

[Image Analyst]

And why not use descriptive names like numWinsPlayer, numWinsComputer, and numTies?

[Brian Tiffman]

Yes, I did mean count1 sorry. I guess I should use more descriptive names, thanks. One thing I cant figure out is how to keep the game going, instead of ending right after 1 round.

[Image Analyst]

I think I told you that in your duplicate question. Use a while loop and have a questdlg() at the bottom of it. If your original question was answered, you can click "Accept this Answer" to mark it as answered.

[Brian Tiffman]

Yea, I accepted your answer because you helped me out, and i appreciate that. I get the contine or quit menu to pop up, but when I hit continue nothing happens.

[Image Analyst]

It should continue with the while. Here it is again:

gamesPlayed = 0
while gamesPlayed < 100 % Or whatever max you reasonably expect
   % Other Code:  menu(), randi(), etc.
    % Increment the number of games played
    gamesPlayed = gamesPlayed + 1;
    promptMessage = sprintf('Do you want to Continue playing,\nor Quit?');
    titleBarCaption = 'Continue?';
    button = questdlg(promptMessage, titleBarCaption, 'Continue', 'Quit', 'Continue');
    if strcmpi(button, 'Quit')
  break;
    end
end

As you can see, if you click continue it does not break out of the loop and so it continues with the loop. I can't say why nothing happens unless you show your code.