[doonieb1]

The question is : Write an application that creates and prints a random phone number of the form XXX-XXX-XXXX. Include the dashes in the output. Do not let the first three digits contain an 8 or 9 (but don't be more restrictive than that), and make sure that the second set of three digits is not greater than 742. Hint: Think through the easiest way to construct the phone number. Each digit does not have to be determined separately.

I am having trouble with any leading zeroes being printed,

also with ac1, ac2, ac3 showing as num1 (but not added together).

here is my code:

import java.util.Random;


public class phoneNumber 

{

//---------------------------------------------------------

//This program will generate a random 10 digit phone number

//---------------------------------------------------------


public static void main(String[] args) 

{

Random generator = new Random();


//integers ac1, ac2, ac3 = 3 number making up the area code

//num1 = Area Code, num2 = prefix, num3 = suffix


　

int ac1;

int ac2;

int ac3;

int num1;

int num2;

int num3;


ac1 = generator.nextInt(8);

ac2 = generator.nextInt(8);

ac3 = generator.nextInt(8);


num1 = (ac1 + ac2 + ac3);




{


if (num1 < 10)

num1 = (+00 + num1);


if (num1 < 100)

num1 = (+0 + num1);

}



num2 = generator.nextInt(743); 

{

if (num2 < 100)

num2 = (+0+ num2);


if (num2 < 10)

num2 = (+00 + num2);

}



num3 = generator.nextInt(10000);

{

if (num3 < 1000)

num3 = (+0 + num3);


if (num3 <= 100);

num3 = (+00 + num3);


if (num3 <= 10);

num3 = (+000 + num3);


} 



System.out.println("Your random phone number is " + num1 + "-" + num2 + "-" + num3);


}


}

example output:

Your random phone number is 5-88-3951

This post has been edited by macosxnerd101: 05 December 2010 - 01:31 PM
Reason for edit:: Please use code tags. Also, title renamed to be more descriptive. "Java Homework" describes 95% of the posts in this forum.

[pbl]

Please

You are complication your life for nothing
Take second number that should be between 100 and 742 so
num2 = generator.nextInt(643) + 100;

num3 is obviously = generator.nextInt(10000);

as far as the area code
firstDigit should be between 1-7 so generator.nextInt(7) + 1
secondDigit should be between 0-7 so generator.nextInt(8);
same thing for thirdDigit
and area will be (firstDigit * 100) + (secondDigit * 10) + thirdDigit

[doonieb1]

pbl, on 05 December 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

Please

You are complication your life for nothing
Take second number that should be between 100 and 742 so
num2 = generator.nextInt(643) + 100;

num3 is obviously = generator.nextInt(10000);

as far as the area code
firstDigit should be between 1-7 so generator.nextInt(7) + 1
secondDigit should be between 0-7 so generator.nextInt(8);
same thing for thirdDigit
and area will be (firstDigit * 100) + (secondDigit * 10) + thirdDigit

"I understand what you are stating, but my instructor wants us to write the code with the instance of creating numbers with leading zeroes. I attempted to suggest the route that you explained, but he insisted that the question did not state to exclude numbers such as: 001, 012, 0001, 0012, 0123, etc."

[calvinthedestroyer]

Can you format your output as so that the 0's do not get truncated?

(I don't know Java) Will something like this work:

System.out.format("%08d%n", n);                //  -->  "00461012"

I found that here: java output formats

maybe

System.out.format.println("%08d%n", n);

[doonieb1]

calvinthedestroyer, on 05 December 2010 - 12:44 PM, said:

Can you format your output as so that the 0's do not get truncated?

(I don't know Java) Will something like this work:

System.out.format("%08d%n", n);                //  -->  "00461012"

I found that here: java output formats

maybe

System.out.format.println("%08d%n", n);

We have not yet learned any formatting commands such as that.

I was wondering if converting the phone number to a string would work, but I am not sure if I would get any points marked off for the conversion since we are working only with randomly generating numbers.

I know that you can concatenate strings, but I don't know how to create the output of the leading zeroes without the formatting option you have suggested. I think that my instructor would question my results, because we have not yet learned that code command yet.

I don't know - I may just have him show me how he wants it done. I just wanted it to work befor I submitted it. He is too literal when reading the HW assignments. Phone numbers are not produced in the way he is asking us to write the code, I pointed that out, but he explicitly stated that the HW question did not state to exlude leading zeroes.

[doonieb1]

@pbl
@calvinthedestroyer

Guys I appreciate the assistance.

@pbl - I am going to utilize you example, if I get marked off so be it.

Thanks again guys.

[pbl]

Your teacher also said:

Think through the easiest way to construct the phone number. Each digit does not have to be determined separately.
Which means my trick
To create with the 0000000 you can
String number = String.format("%03d-%03d-%04d", num1, num2, num3);