I am a true novice in this field and feel like I spend most of my time debugging shit programs that I create. Is it even programming if you are not writing lines of code? Just curious, because I am getting my ass whipped on the simplest of programs. I believe it's because I got a terrible background in math, which I am working on. But yeah just wanted to vent. Any insight is always appreciated.

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Edit: Thanks for all the replies homies. This was really unexpected, and very encouraging. I am learning Java in school and trying to learn python/spring on the side, for those who were curious. Stay safe and happy coding.

Edit 2: This is the code I am working on. I am trying to do a simple lottery output and cannot get the correct result. package lottery;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Lottery {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Generate a lottery

int lottery = 456;

// Prompt the user to enter a guess

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("Enter your lottery pick (three digits): ");

int guess = input.nextInt();

// Get digits from lottery

int lotteryDigit1 = 4;

int lotteryDigit2 = 6;

int lotteryDigit3 = 6;

// Get digits from guess

int guessDigit1 = 4;

int guessDigit2 = 5;

int guessDigit3 = 6;

System.out.println("The lottery number is " lottery);

// Check the guess

if (guess == lottery)

System.out.println("Exact match: you win $10,000");

else if

((guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit2 && guessDigit2 == lotteryDigit1 && guessDigit3 == lotteryDigit3)

|| (guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit2

&& guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit3 && guessDigit3 == lotteryDigit1)

|| (guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit3

&& guessDigit2 == lotteryDigit1 && guessDigit3 == lotteryDigit2)

|| (guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit3

&& guessDigit2 == lotteryDigit2 && guessDigit3 == lotteryDigit1)

|| (guessDigit1 == lotteryDigit1

&& guessDigit2 == lotteryDigit3 && guessDigit3 == lotteryDigit2))

System.out.println("Match all digits: you win $3,000");

else

System.out.println("Sorry, no match");

}

}

Any hints/suggestions are welcome, hell even some snarky remarks as long as it helps me move forward.

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Prof sent me the "correct" which was if (g1 == l1 && g3 == l2 && g2 == l3 ||

g2 == l1 && g1 == l2 && g3 == l3 ||

g2 == l1 && g3 == l2 && g1 == l3 ||

g3 == l1 && g1 == l2 && g2 == l3 ||

g3 == l1 && g2 == l2 && g1 == l3)

System.out.println("Match all digits: you win $3,000");

That didn't work either.