title: Score calculator
body: <p>Ok, so, I am very new to java.<br/>
  I am designing a score calculator, for a project that I have long left aside. Still, I would like to know how to do this, for my own knowledge.</p>
  
  <p>The program is supposed to ask for a dice roll, and add it to the previous rolls, for each player.<br/>
  I assumed a while loop would accomplish this, but every time it goes through the loop it resets the variable to the current roll. As such, I cannot get a total...</p>
  
  <p>Below is some code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    static int players;
      static String p1;
      static String p2;
      static String p3;
      static String p4;
      static int maxScore;
      static int roll1;
      static int roll2;
      static int roll3;
      static int roll4;
      static int total1;
      static int total2;
      static int total3;
      static int total4;
      public static void main(String[] args) {
      Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.print("Enter number of players: ");
      players=keyboard.nextInt();
      System.out.print("Enter Maximum Score: ");
      maxScore=keyboard.nextInt();
      if(players==2){                    //will add more ifs when i get the code right
          System.out.println("Please enter players names.");
          System.out.print("Player 1: ");
          p1=keyboard.next();
          System.out.print("Player 2: ");
          p2=keyboard.next();
          System.out.println(p1 + "\t \t " + p2 + "\n"
          + "_______ \t _______ \n" );  //displays scorecard look with players names
  
          {
  
  
          while (total1 &lt; maxScore &amp;&amp; total2&lt;maxScore) { 
          //scorecard quits when maxScore is reached by either player
          int roll;
          total1=(roll+roll1); 
  
          System.out.print("");
          roll=keyboard.nextInt(); //asks for current roll
  
          System.out.print("\n"+"_____"+"\n");
          System.out.print(roll+"+"+"\n"+roll1+"\n"+"_____"+"\n"+(roll+roll1)+"\n");
          /*i want this to display total score + last roll and then 
          *total it again on the next line*/
          roll1=roll;
          }
  </code></pre>