Thread: Help about the While Loop

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
public class GCDCalculator2 {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.println("Enter two integers separated by space:");
    String s = br.readLine();
    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s);
    int K= Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
    int N= Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken());
    while (K != 0){
    int R = K % N;
    K = N;
    N = R;
   	System.out.println(" Greatest Common Divisor is " + K);
    br.close();
    }
  }
}

Why my output is this
Enter two integers separated by space:
34 68
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
at GCDCalculator2.main(GCDCalculator2.java:16)
Greatest Common Divisor is 68
Greatest Common Divisor is 34

What is happening and why is fairly obvious in this simple program, so I'm not really sure what you're asking for help with other than some hand holding that you really don't need. I suggest you add some print statements to see what is going on. Using print statements is a basic technique to debug or troubleshoot code. Add a print to determine the initial values of the variables K and N, and then another print or two inside the while loop to see what is then happening to K, N, and R.

Thanks for the suggestion i am a beginner i am asking how can i remove the exception error in my program Thanks

To remove errors:

1. Understand them: You already know that dividing by zero, "/ by 0", is bad.

2. Find the source of them: The error message points to the source of the error: "at GCDCalculator2.main(GCDCalculator2.java:16)". The number '16' is a line number.

There may be additional steps to understanding and finding, like "Where is division occurring?", "How can that divisor be zero?", etc.

3. Eliminate the source of them/eliminate them: In this case, make sure that the divisor is never zero. Sometimes "protecting" is used in place of "eliminating." If that approach was chosen in this case, I'd rephrase the first sentence to: Make sure that the statement causing the error is not executed IF the divisor is zero.

You can do this on your own, and it's an important, even vital, skill to learn. You need to learn how to debug and fix a simple program like this one so that you can then scale those skills as the complexity of your programs increases. Having someone tell you how to fix errors is not the same as learning how to fix them.

Get to work.