[mynameisian]

Hello,

I'm having serious trouble with this program.

I am supposed to create an application that allows the user to enter in a customer's account number, and should look-up a name and balance based on the account number entered in by the user. I have been given 3 lists of data (account numbers, names and balances) meant to be implemented into arrays.

Each array has 20 elements.

Here is what I have.

/*
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package accountsearch;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
 *
 * @author Ian
 */
public class AccountSearch {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       
        String [] name = new String[20];
        double [] balance = new double[20];
        int [] account = new int[20];
        String tmp5pr;
        
        System.out.println("Hello, please enter an account number.");
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner (System.in);
        int i = scanner.nextInt();
        
        
        
        //declare array elements for array "name".
        
    name[0] = "Abula";
    name[1] = "Allen";
    name[2] = "Austin";
    name[3] = "Bailey";
    name[4] = "Balovich";
    name[5] = "Bates";
    name[6] = "Bettencourt";
    name[7] = "Blackburn";
    name[8] = "Boucher";
    name[9] = "Brown";
    name[10] = "Duncan";
    name[11] = "Estrada";
    name[12] = "Fernandez";
    name[13] = "Gallagher";
    name[14] = "Gonzales";
    name[15] = "Ha";
    name[16] = "Hernandez";
    name[17] = "Howard";
    name[18] = "Johnston";
    name[19] = "Nguyen";
      
// declare array elements for "balance".

    balance[0] = 970.12;
    balance[1] = 268.01;
    balance[2] = 3821.94;
    balance[3] = 3193.97;
    balance[4] = 444.21;
    balance[5] = 4253.79;
    balance[6] = 2916.99;
    balance[7] = 906.31;
    balance[8] = 1291.99;
    balance[9] = 2001.18;
    balance[10] = 2963.20;
    balance[11] = 1152.60;
    balance[12] = 1113.05;
    balance[13] = 3703.46;
    balance[14] = 2667.88;
    balance[15] = 3042.25;
    balance[16] = 72.04;
    balance[17] = 2229.66;
    balance[18] = 3130.92;
    balance[19] = 3004.99;

//declare array elements for "account"

    account[0] = 7221379;
    account[1] = 6853921;
    account[2] = 4215534;
    account[3] = 5551298;
    account[4] = 6224649;
    account[5] = 6502286;
    account[6] = 8448936;
    account[7] = 2883903;
    account[8] = 6752376;
    account[9] = 3564698;
    account[10] = 6373150;
    account[11] = 6375372;
    account[12] = 8736368;
    account[13] = 7218536;
    account[14] = 6681985;
    account[15] = 3909086;
    account[16] = 5221192;
    account[17] = 5901163;
    account[18] = 2427821;
    account[19] = 6331655;

 
    
}
}

I have been told that simply using while statements could help me at this point. I just do not know where to turn, any direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[GregBrannon]

Search the account array for the account number. If found, the user's name and balance are at the same array index in the other arrays.

[Air Legend]

GregBrannon, on 19 December 2011 - 05:59 PM, said:

Search the account array for the account number. If found, the user's name and balance are at the same array index in the other arrays.

To build off of this, I would recommend a for loop rather than a while loop. Something such as:

for (int i=0; i<array.length; i++){
if (account[i] == ?){
// you found the account!
}
}

[mynameisian]

GregBrannon, on 19 December 2011 - 05:59 PM, said:

Search the account array for the account number. If found, the user's name and balance are at the same array index in the other arrays.

Thank you for the reply. Where is it legal to put the counter to search the array?

Also, could you please describe how the counter, when searching the account array, also displays the subsequent name and balance?

Thanks again.

[Air Legend]

To answer you question, try looking at this site: here

[mynameisian]

Air Legend, on 19 December 2011 - 06:02 PM, said:

GregBrannon, on 19 December 2011 - 05:59 PM, said:

Search the account array for the account number. If found, the user's name and balance are at the same array index in the other arrays.

To build off of this, I would recommend a for loop rather than a while loop. Something such as:

for (int i=0; i<array.length; i++){
if (account[i] == ?){
// you found the account!
}
}

Thanks!

So from here, I would like to implement user interaction. Is this just a matter of using a Scanner/Keyboard dynamic within this 'for' loop?

Appreciate it!

[GregBrannon]

I'm not sure what you mean by "where is it legal?"

I suggest you write a method that returns the index of the account number, something like:

public int getAccountIndex( int accountNumber )
{
  int index = -1;

  for ( int i = 0 ; i < account.length ; i++ )
  {
    if ( account[i] == accountNumber )
    {
      index = i;
    }
  }
  return index;
}

Then use that index to print the corresponding values in the other arrays.

[Air Legend]

Well, since you already received the account number above (unless you want the program to search for more than once account, in this case we would use a slightly different approach) you would keep your code as it is. I would recommend changing your variable holding the id from "i" to maybe "id" (just because it can get confusing later). To continue that code, something like this could accomplish what you were asking:

for (int i=0; i<array.length; i++){
	if (account[i] == id){
	  System.out.println(name[i]);
          System.out.println(balance[i]);
        }
}

GregBrannon, on 19 December 2011 - 06:14 PM, said:

I'm not sure what you mean by "where is it legal?"

I suggest you write a method that returns the index of the account number, something like:

public int getAccountIndex( int accountNumber )
{
  int index = -1;

  for ( int i = 0 ; i < account.length ; i++ )
  {
    if ( account[i] == accountNumber )
    {
      index = i;
    }
  }
  return index;
}

Then use that index to print the corresponding values in the other arrays.

In other words, this could be condensed into what I wrote above. I think (considering that there are only two other numbers needing to be returned) it would be inefficient to write a separate method.

This post has been edited by Air Legend: 19 December 2011 - 06:16 PM

[pbl]

There are dozen of variants of that type of loop. That is what I would use

   int i = 0;
   for (; i < array.length; i++){
	if (account[i] == id)
           break;
   }
   if(i == array.length) {
     ... account was not found
     return;
   }

   // continue here with account[i]

[macosxnerd101]

Please avoid using parallel arrays in favor of Object-Oriented Programming, which is the standards adherent practice. My tutorial Moving Away From Parallel Arrays covers this in more detail.

[pbl]

Mac, there is noting about parallel arrays in this thread bside it's title

[macosxnerd101]

Actually, parallel arrays are in the OP's code. Regardless of the assignment, it is still good to at least be aware of better practices.

[jjl]

One of the main features of Java is that it has a "simple" object model, this would be a great time to take advantage of that.

[mynameisian]

Hi everyone, thanks so much for the feedback. I think I'm almost through with this.

I put in the for statement and tailored it to fit my code. The for statement below searches the "account" array based on user input.

  

int i = 0;
  for (; i < array.length; i++){
if (account[i] == id)
    System.out.println("Account holders name is" + name);
    System.out.println("Account holders balance is" + balance);
          break;
  }
  if (i == array.length) {
    System.out.println("... account was not found");
    return;
  }
// placed on top of the parallel arrays mentioned earlier in this thread

The user should enter in a valid account number present within the array. It is then supposed to return the name and balance of the user.

I'm not sure what I'm missing.

[pbl]

First in your print statements it will be name[i] and balance[i] not just name and balance as name and balance are array
Now we are back to macosxnerd101 point Your method cannot return and a name and a balance.
A name if it is a Strung method, a balance if it is a double method

So better to look at Mac's tutorial already mentionned and learn how tou build an Account object that will contain: name, balance, account nummber

Your method can then return that Account object