title: how to create a histogram in java
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13105765/how-to-convert-numbers-into-symbols-in-java-for-example-instead-of-2-to-or">how to convert numbers into symbols in java? for example instead of 2 to **, or 3 to *** etc.</a>  </p>
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  <p>How can I convert numbers into a histogram ? The histogram should display the bar graphs from 2-12 based upon how many times that value was rolled. currently my output is like the second pic but is suppose to look like the first one. thanks.
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  <pre><code>    public static void main(String[] args) {
      // TODO code application logic here
      System.out.print("Please enter how many times you want to roll two dice?");
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
      int n = sc.nextInt();
      int [] rolls = new int[n];
  
      Random r1 = new Random();
      Random r2 = new Random();
  
      int dice1;
      int dice2;
  
      int two = 0;
      int three = 0;
      int four = 0;
      int five = 0;
       int six = 0;
      int seven = 0;
      int eight = 0;
      int nine = 0;
       int ten = 0;
      int eleven = 0;
      int twelve = 0;
  
      for (int roll=0; roll &lt; rolls.length; roll++)
      {
           dice2 = r2.nextInt(6)+1;
           dice1 = r1.nextInt(6)+1;
           System.out.println(roll + " The first dice rolled a " + dice1 + " the second dice rolled a " + dice2);
  
           int sum;
           sum = dice1 + dice2;
  
           if (sum == 2)
               two++;
           if (sum == 3)
               three++;
           if (sum == 4)
               four++;
           if (sum == 5)
               five++;
           if (sum == 6)
               six++;
           if (sum == 7)
               seven++;
           if (sum == 8)
               eight++;
           if (sum == 9)
               nine++;
           if (sum == 10)
               ten++;
           if (sum == 11)
               eleven++;
           if (sum == 12)
               twelve++;
  
      }
      System.out.println("Histogram of rolls:" );  
      System.out.println("2 occurred " + two + " times");
      System.out.println("3 occurred " + three + " times");
      System.out.println("4 occurred " + four + " times");
      System.out.println("5 occurred " + five + " times");
      System.out.println("6 occurred " + six + " times");
      System.out.println("7 occurred " + seven + " times");
      System.out.println("8 occurred " + eight + " times");
      System.out.println("9 occurred " + nine + " times");
      System.out.println("10 occurred " + ten + " times");
      System.out.println("11 occurred " + eleven + " times");
      System.out.println("12 occurred " + twelve + " times");
  
  
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
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