[GSIT88]

I am trying to write a loop that will first ask a user to input a number, then make sure the number is above zero and not negative. If it is zero or negative I want to display the message "Please enter a positive number above 0". And then ask the user to input another number.

[pbl]

int value = -1;
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
while(value < 0) {
  System.out.print("Enter a value > 0: ");
  value = scanner.nextInt();
  if(value < 0)
     System.out.println("sorry write a value > 0")'
}

[Manbearpig101]

Something like this:

The whole concept basically is: read in a number, if it meets conditions, stop, if not, re-do until the conditions get met.

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
int num = 0;
while (num <= 0) {
    System.out.print("Please enter a number: ");
    num = sc.nextInt();
    if (num <= 0) {
        System.out.println("Please enter a number above 0!");
        continue;
    }
}

[TFoSSDQ]

pbl, on 27 March 2011 - 05:44 PM, said:

int value = -1;
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
while(value < 0) {
  System.out.print("Enter a value > 0: ");
  value = scanner.nextInt();
  if(value < 0)
     System.out.println("sorry write a value > 0")'
}

pbl, value <= 0 or else you're allowing 0 as an input

This post has been edited by TFoSSDQ: 27 March 2011 - 05:47 PM

[pbl]

Select < or <= the choice is yours
The concept remains the same

[GSIT88]

Manbearpig101, on 27 March 2011 - 05:44 PM, said:

Something like this:

The whole concept basically is: read in a number, if it meets conditions, stop, if not, re-do until the conditions get met.

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
int num = 0;
while (num <= 0) {
    System.out.print("Please enter a number: ");
    num = sc.nextInt();
    if (num <= 0) {
        System.out.println("Please enter a number above 0!");
        continue;
    }
}

Thanks for your help! I had basically had this but I forgot to declare an initial value for num so I could not figure out why it wasn't working.