My professor assigned to write a prime number "finder". Where the number you input will display if it's a prime or even number, then display the next prime number. He wants us to give an error message when the wrong input is keyed in. I figured the negative integer portion is simple, but I cannot figure out the character input. Or if the character is not a digit. How would i block non numeric inputs?
Also, the system is supposed to exit at three CONSECUTIVE erroneous inputs. How would I reset the counter? The way i have written the program, if the user makes two errors but the next ones are acceptable, then make another error. (thus not being consecutive.) the program closes.
This is my first programing course so I'm not to savvy in it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, i have to use scanner, and the two methods.
/**
*
* #param n
* #return
*/
public static boolean isPrime(int n) {
for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
if (n % i == 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
public static int nextPrime(int n) {
n++;
isPrime(n);
while (isPrime(n) == false) {
n++;
isPrime(n);
}
int prime = n;
return prime;
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
int answer = 2;
int counter = 1;
boolean playAgain = false;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
do {
//ask for input
System.out.print("\nEnter the integer value-> ");
//input answer
int n = input.nextInt();
{
//decide is negative
while ( n < 0){
//count counter
counter++;
//give error message
System.out.println("\nInvalid Input! Stike!");
//ask for input
System.out.print("\nEnter the integer value-> ");
//input answer
n = input.nextInt();
//decide is character
// if ( n != '.'){
//count counter
// counter++;
//give error message
// System.out.println("\nInvalid Input! Strike!");
// }
//decide if count three errors
if (counter == 3){
//display three errors message
System.out.println("Three Strikes! You're Out!");
//close program
System.exit(0);
}
}
//decide if prime
if (isPrime(n)) {
//display prime answer
System.out.println(n + " Is Prime");
//decide if even
} else {
//display even answer
System.out.println(n + " Is Even");
}
//counter input
n++;
//while input is false
while (isPrime(n) == false) {
n++;
}
//display next prime
System.out.println(n + " Next prime");
{
//ask if you want to continue
System.out.println("\nPlay Again?\n\nEnter 1)Yes or 2)No ");
//input answer
answer = in.nextInt();
//if answer is 1)yes
if (answer == 1) {
playAgain = true;
//display play again and next input
System.out.println("\nPlay Again!");
}
//if answer is no
if (answer == 2) {
playAgain = false;
System.out.println("\nGoodbye!");
//close program
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
} while (playAgain != false);
}
}
import java.util.Scanner;
public class SOQ5B
{
public static boolean isPrime(int n) {
for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
if (n % i == 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
public static int nextPrime(int n) {
n++;
isPrime(n);
while (isPrime(n) == false) {
n++;
isPrime(n);
}
int prime = n;
return prime;
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
int answer;
int counter = 0;
int n;
boolean playAgain = true;
boolean isNum;
boolean isNum2;
boolean continuePermitted = true;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String s;
do {
//ask for input
System.out.print("\nEnter the integer value-> ");
s = input.nextLine();
isNum = true;
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
{
if(!(s.charAt(i) >= '0' && s.charAt(i) <= '9'))
{
isNum = false;
}
}
if(isNum)
{
counter = 0;
n = Integer.parseInt(s);
//decide if prime
if (isPrime(n)) {
//display prime answer
System.out.println(n + " Is Prime");
//decide if even
}
else {
//display even answer
System.out.println(n + " Is Even");
}
//counter input
n++;
//while input is false
while (isPrime(n) == false) {
n++;
}
//display next prime
System.out.println(n + " Next prime");
do
{
continuePermitted = true;
//ask if you want to continue
System.out.println("\nPlay Again?\n\nEnter 1)Yes or 2)No ");
//input answer
s = input.nextLine();
isNum2 = true;
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
{
if(!(s.charAt(i) >= '0' && s.charAt(i) <= '9'))
{
isNum2 = false;
}
}
if(isNum2)
{
answer = Integer.parseInt(s);
//if answer is 1)yes
if (answer == 1) {
playAgain = true;
//display play again and next input
System.out.println("\nPlay Again!");
}
//if answer is no
if (answer == 2) {
playAgain = false;
System.out.println("\nGoodbye!");
//close program
System.exit(0);
}
}
else
{
System.out.println("Incorrect response.");
continuePermitted = false;
//if answering the yes or no question incorrectly is part of the 3 strikes
//then uncomment the following lines of code
/*
counter++;
}
if(counter >= 3)
{
System.out.println("3 strikes you out");
System.exit(0);
*/
}
}while(!continuePermitted);
}
else
{
System.out.print("\nIncorrect input. Number must be a positive integer.\n");
counter++;
}
if(counter>=3)
{
System.out.println("3 strikes and you're out!");
System.exit(0);
}
} while (playAgain != false);
}
}
In the future, I recommend you research your questions on the internet before bringing the question here. There were several other places that could've easily answered your question.
Now as for your actual question, notice how I changed your code at the line that says s = input.nextLine()? What I did there is checked to see if each digit in the string was any number between and including 0-9. Not only was I able to check if they were all numbers, but I was also able to see if they were all positive too as you would have to put a - in order for it to be negative. Along with that, you also have a boolean that only works when the input is a positive number. If not, it checks 3 times to make sure your program doesn't mess up. Furthermore, I even commented out another section that allows the 3 strikes to include if answering the yes no question counts as a strike. If there any other questions, just ask and I will edit my answer.
You are trying to take input using Scanner class with
int n = input.nextInt();
If you enter a character in place of number here you will get java.util.InputMismatchException
What you can do is something like
try {
int n = input.nextInt();
} catch (InputMismatchException e) {
//handle the error scenario where the input is a character
System.out.println("Enter Valid Input");
}
Related
I have written the code below. I have run the program and it allows the user to guess the correct number and return the message successfully. However, I couldn't get it to regenerate a new random number? I also couldn't include an option to ask whether the user wants to quit or not. Please help. Thank you.
import java.util.*;
class CompterAge {
public static void main (String[] args) {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
boolean correctGuess = false;
Random r = new Random();
int randNum = r.nextInt(100-1+1) + 1;
while (!correctGuess) {
System.out.println("Guess the computer's age: ");
int guess = sc.nextInt();
if ((guess > 0) && (guess <= 100)) {
if (guess > randNum) {
System.out.println("Your guess is bigger than the number. You should go lower.");
correctGuess = false;
} else if (guess < randNum) {
System.out.println("Your guess is smaller than the number. You should go higher.");
correctGuess = false;
} else {
System.out.println("Congratulations. You got the number! The number is " + randNum);
System.out.println("Do you wish to continue the game? Yes/No");
String input = sc.next();
if (input == "Yes") {
correctGuess = false;
} else {
break;
}
}
} else {
System.out.println("Please enter a number between 1 to 100.");
correctGuess = false;
}
}
}
}
This code works, I have added another flag variable and corrected some logical errors. See the comments.
boolean correctGuess = false;
boolean endGame = false;
Random r = new Random();
while (!endGame){
int randNum = r.nextInt(101); //Why did you have (100-1+1) + 1 ?? Simple (101) was enough
correctGuess = false;
while (!correctGuess) {
System.out.println("Guess the computer's age: ");
int guess = sc.nextInt();
if ((guess > 0) && (guess <= 100)) {
if (guess > randNum) {
System.out.println("Your guess is bigger than the number. You should go lower.");
correctGuess = false;
} else if (guess < randNum) {
System.out.println("Your guess is smaller than the number. You should go higher.");
correctGuess = false;
} else {
correctGuess = true; //Will exit the Inner Loop
System.out.println("Congratulations. You got the number! The number is " + randNum);
System.out.println("Do you wish to continue the game? Yes/No");
String input = sc.next().toLowerCase();
if (input.equals("yes")) { //You can not use == for String Comparisons
endGame = false;
} else {
endGame = true;
}
}
} else {
System.out.println("Please enter a number between 1 to 100.");
correctGuess = false;
}
}
}
Your random number generation is done outside of your while loop so when they input that they want to continue the game it should then generate a new number:
System.out.println("Congratulations. You got the number! The number is " + randNum);
System.out.println("Do you wish to continue the game? Yes/No");
String input = sc.next();
if (input.equals("Yes")) {
randNum = r.nextInt(100-1+1) + 1;
correctGuess = false;
} else {
break;
}
I wrote a code about primes and would hear your opinion or any suggestions how i can improve my code. I'm a beginner in Java.
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
boolean a;
System.out.println("Please enter a number: ");
int zahl = s.nextInt();
if(zahl <= 0) {
System.out.println("Please enter a positive number without zero.");
return;
}
a = true;
for (int i = 2; i < zahl; i++) {
if (zahl % i == 0) {
a = false;
}
}
if (a == true) {
System.out.println("Is Prim");
}
if (a==false){
System.out.println("Not a prim");
}
}
The easiest thing to do is the following
Instead of
for (int i = 2; i < zahl; i++) {
if (zahl % i == 0) {
a = false;
}
}
change the for loop the
for (int i = 2; i < Math.sqrt(zahl); i++)
If no numbers up to the square root divide zahl, then no numbers beyond the square root will divide it either (they would have been the result of earlier divisions).
Also, for outputing the answer you could do:
System.out.println(zahl + " is " + ((a) ? "prime"
: "not prime"));
That's using the ternary operator ?:
some hints :
You do
System.out.println("Please enter a positive number without zero.");
return;
the println suggests the user can enter a new value, but no, in that case better to say the number was invalid so you exit
When you do a = false; it is useless to continue, no chance for a to be back true
It is useless to try to divide by more than sqrt the number
It is necessary to try to divide by 2 but not by an other even number, so add 2 to i rather than 1
If if (a == true) false it is useless to check if (a==false)
Your code is good. I have made three small improvements:
The input asks at once (and not only after a bad input) for a
positive int.
The input is repeated until correct.
The for loop runs only up to sqrt(zahl) which is sufficient.
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
boolean a;
int zahl = 0;
while (zahl <= 0) {
System.out.println("Please enter a positive int without zero.");
zahl = s.nextInt();
}
a = true;
for (int i = 2; i <= Math.sqrt(zahl); i++) {
if (zahl % i == 0) {
a = false;
break;
}
}
if (a == true) {
System.out.println("Is Prim");
} else {
System.out.println("Not a prim");
}
}
I am very new to Java and as part of my college course I have to write a program that carries out some basic functions. Part of this program is that it needs to calculate the factorial of a number that the user inputs. If the user inputs a negative number then it must prompt for a positive number. I have got it to do this.
But if the user enters a fraction such as 2.2 then the program should present the user with an error and prompt for valid data. I believe some sort or try-catch should be implemented but so far I have had no success in getting this to work, after spending many hours on it. Any ideas how to get the program to catch the InputMismatchException error and prompt user for input again?
The relevant block of code from the program is below...
public static void factorialNumber() {
int factorial = 1;
boolean valid;
int number = 0;
do {
System.out.println("Please enter a number: ");
number = sc.nextInt();
valid = number > 0;
if (!valid) {
System.out.println("ERROR Please enter a positive number");
}
} while (!valid);
if (number < 0) {
System.out.println("***Error***: Please enter a positive number ... ");
factorialNumber();
}
if (number > 0) {
System.out.print("The factorial is: " + number + " ");
}
for (int i = 1; i <= number; i++) {
factorial *= i;
if ((number - i) > 0) {
System.out.print("x " + (number - i) + " ");
}
}
System.out.println("= " + factorial);
}
You can use Double class to parse the user input and then get only correct values. Like this:
public static void factorialNumber() {
int factorial = 1;
boolean valid;
int number = 0;
String userInput;
do {
System.out.println("Please enter a number: ");
userInput = sc.nextLine();
valid = validateUserInput(userInput);
} while (!valid);
number = Double.valueOf(userInput).intValue();
System.out.print("The factorial is: " + number + " ");
for (int i = 1; i <= number; i++) {
factorial *= i;
if ((number - i) > 0) {
System.out.print("x " + (number - i) + " ");
}
}
System.out.println("= " + factorial);
}
private static boolean validateUserInput(String userInput) {
if (userInput == null) {
System.out.println("You should enter a number!");
return false;
}
Double userInputNumber;
try {
userInputNumber = Double.valueOf(userInput);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Please enter a valid number value.");
return false;
}
if (userInputNumber <= 0) {
System.out.println("ERROR Please enter a positive number");
return false;
} else if (userInputNumber - userInputNumber.intValue() > 0) {
System.out.println("ERROR You entered a fractional number!");
return false;
}
return true;
}
I'm working on a "game" for the user to guess a random two-digit number, and this is my "robust" version so far:
import static java.lang.System.*;
import java.util.*;
public class RandomNumberGuessing {
public static Scanner scan = new Scanner(in);
public static void main(String args[]){
Random generator = new Random ();
int Low = 10;
int High = 99;
int answer = generator.nextInt (High - Low) + Low;
int answerFirstDigit = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(answer).substring(0,1));
int answerSecondDigit = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(answer).substring(1,2));
int count = 0;
out.println ("Welcome to the two digit number guessing game!");
out.println ("We have randomly chosen a two-digit number");
out.println ("And you have to guess it after 5 tries!");
out.println ("Guess the number: ");
while (!scan.hasNextInt ()) {
scan.next ();
out.println ("You have to input a valid two-digit integer!");
}
int guess = scan.nextInt ();
while (guess != answer && count < 4){
count ++;
out.println("Wrong number! You have " + (5 - count) + " tries left:");
if (Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(guess).substring(0,1)) == answerFirstDigit){
out.println("But you got the first digit correctly!");
} else if (Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(guess).substring(1,2)) == answerSecondDigit){
out.println("But you got the second digit correctly!");
} else if (Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(guess).substring(1,2)) == answerSecondDigit || Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(guess).substring(0,1)) == answerSecondDigit){
out.println("One or two digits are correct but in the wrong place!");
}
while (!scan.hasNextInt ()) {
scan.next ();
out.println ("You have to input a valid two-digit integer!");
}
guess = scan.nextInt ();
}
if (guess == answer){
out.println("Congratulations! The number was " + answer + "!");
} else{
out.println("The number was " + answer + ". Better luck next time!");
}
}
}
But I'm having a problem with forcing the user to input a two-digit number only. I tried using:
while(guess < 10 || guess > 99){
scan.next();
out.println("Invalid number!");
guess = scan.nextInt();
}
I added that after the while loop to make sure the user entered an integer, and when I enter a 3 or 4-digit number in the console (I run the code on IntelliJ IDEA), it just seems to hang with no response. It doesn't even print out "Invalid number!" and just hangs. Do I have to rewrite the code using methods or are there any other things I can add to the existing code to make sure the user enters a TWO-DIGIT INTEGER? Thanks in advance
To check that the user enters just two digit numbers, i would use two methods to verify that.
Things to check:
User must enter something, i.e do not accept null or empty
Everything user enters must be exactly two characters long
When the characters are two, they have to all be digits
In your program you can do these
1. Get input as string
2. Call validString
3. If valid, then convert to integer
4. Check that number is between range (if the user entered 01, this evaluates to true). Integer.ParseInt could catch this but good to check anyway
Complete program should be something like this
import static java.lang.System.*;
import java.util.*;
public class RandomNumberGuessing {
public static Scanner scan = new Scanner(in);
public static void main(String args[]) {
final int tries = 5; // max number of tries
Random generator = new Random();
int Low = 10;
int High = 99;
int answer = generator.nextInt(High - Low) + Low;
int firstDigit = getFirst(answer);
int secondDigit = getSecond(answer);
out.println("Welcome to the two digit number guessing game!");
out.println("We have randomly chosen a two-digit number");
out.println("And you have to guess it after " + tries + " tries!");
int guess = 0; // number guessed
int count = 0; // number of failed guesses
do {
out.println("Guess the number: ");
String guessString = scan.nextLine(); // just read everything
// entered
if (validString(guessString)) {
guess = Integer.parseInt(guessString);
if (guess >= Low && guess <= High) { // check range and only
// process valid range
count++;
if (count == tries) {
out.print("Max guess reached.\nThe values were ");
out.println(firstDigit + " and " + secondDigit);
break;
}
out.println("You guessed " + guess);
// get the first and second digits
int first = getFirst(guess);
int second = getSecond(guess);
// compare them and process
if (guess == answer) {
out.println("Congratulations. You made the right guess after "
+ count + " tries");
} else if (first == firstDigit) {
out.println("Guessed the first number rightly");
} else if (second == secondDigit) {
out.println("Guessed the second number rightly");
} else {
out.print("No matching guess. You have ");
out.println((tries - count) + " guesses left");
}
} else {
out.println("Out of range!");
}
} else {
out.println("Bad Value.");
}
} while (guess != answer && count < tries);
}
// Validate an input Checks for length [2 characters] and that everything is
// a digit
private static boolean validString(final String guess) {
if (guess != null && !guess.isEmpty()) { // if not null and not empty
if (guess.length() == 2 && isAllDigits(guess)) { // length and digit
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
} else {
return false;
}
}
// Verify that all characters in a string are numbers
private static boolean isAllDigits(final String input) {
for (char c : input.toCharArray()) {
if (!Character.isDigit(c))
return false;
}
return true;
}
// get the first digit
private static int getFirst(final int value) {
return Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(value).substring(0, 1));
}
// Get the second digit
private static int getSecond(final int value) {
return Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(value).substring(0, 1));
}
}
I am not asking anyone to do my work I just need a little help solving this mismatch. This is my program:
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;
class FibonacciNumbers {
FibonacciNumbers() //default constructor
{
}
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
public int fOf(int n)
{
if (n == 0) //the base case
{
return 0;
}
else if (n==1)
{
return 1;
}
else
{
return fOf(n-1)+fOf(n-2);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
FibonacciNumbers fNumbers = new FibonacciNumbers(); //creates new object
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String userInput;
int n = 0;
boolean IsRepeat = true ;
boolean isQuit;
boolean checkException = false;
isQuit = false;
while (!isQuit)
{
try {
{
System.out.print("Enter the number you want to convert to Fibanocci('q' to quit): ");
n = in.nextInt();
System.out.print("The Fibanocci number for "+n+" is: ");
n = fNumbers.fOf(n);
System.out.println(n);
System.out.print("Do you want to run again? Press 'N' for No or anything else to continue: ");
userInput = in.next();
if(userInput.equalsIgnoreCase("N") )
{
isQuit = true;
System.out.println("Good-bye!");
}
else
{
IsRepeat = true;
}
}
}
catch(InputMismatchException ex) {
userInput = in.nextLine();
if ((userInput.charAt(0) == 'q') || (userInput.charAt(0) == 'Q') )
{
isQuit = true;
System.out.println("Good-bye!");
}
else {
checkException = true;
IsRepeat = true;
System.out.println("Invalid entry, Try again!");
}
}
catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException a)
{
n = in.nextInt();
if (n<0 || n>46)
{
System.out.println("Invalid entry! Please enter an integer that is greater than 0 but less than 46 :");
checkException = false;//sets boolean value to false, continues the loop
}
else
{
IsRepeat = true;
}
}
}
}
}
I did everything I got everything to work but at this part it is not going as I want it to run:
catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException a)
{
n = in.nextInt();
if (n<0 || n>46)
{
System.out.println("Invalid entry! Please enter an integer that is greater than 0 but less than 46 :");
checkException = false;//sets boolean value to false, continues the loop
}
else
{
IsRepeat = true;
}
}
When I run it if the user inputs higher than 46 or lower than 0 then ask them for a different input but it is just doing the math. It wont do as i wrote the program.
It throws a "java.lang.StackOverflowError" instead of an "ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException".
The better way would be to catch an invalid input at
System.out.print("Enter the number you want to convert to Fibanocci('q' to quit): ");
n = in.nextInt();
you could set the "n = in.nextInt();" into a do - while- loop,
like:
do {
ask for number
} while (check if number is correct);