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Thread: Infinite while loop for myKybd

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    Default Infinite while loop for myKybd

    This is the task..............

    BirthMonth
    This tutorial will use arrays and methods.

    Using the material presented in lectures, implement and fully test the BirthMonth program. Use methods to implement at least the following functions:
    • input and validate months
    • output table of results
    • find and output most frequent month

    Problems are;

    1 = Infinite loop when entering month number
    2 = -1 needs to exit program with the results

    Thanks for looking

     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class BirthMonth {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            int[] MonthTally = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
     
            inputMonths(MonthTally);
            outputMonths(MonthTally);
            findMost(MonthTally);
        }
        //select month born
        public static void inputMonths(int[] MonthTally) {
     
            System.out.println("Enter the number of the month you were born ");
            Scanner myKeyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
            int Month = myKeyboard.nextInt() - 1;
     
            while (Month != -1) {
     
                if (Month >= 13) {
                    System.out.println("Enter a number between 1 - 12");
                    System.out.println("Enter the number of the month you were born ");
                    Month = myKeyboard.nextInt() - 1;
                }
            }
            if (Month >= 1 && Month <= 12) {
                MonthTally[Month] = MonthTally[Month] + 1;
            }
        }
        //add up month total into array
        public static void outputMonths(int[] MonthTally) {
            for (int i = 0; i < MonthTally.length; i++) {
                System.out.println("Tally: " + i + " has the value " + MonthTally[i]);
                System.out.println("Tally value " + MonthTally[i]);
            }
        }
        //find highest month        
        public static void findMost(int[] MonthTally) {
            int largestPos = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i <= MonthTally.length - 1; i++) {
                if (MonthTally[i] > MonthTally[largestPos]) {
                    largestPos = i;
                }
            }
            //output results
            System.out.println("The most Common Month for pregnancy is: " + largestPos);
            largestPos = largestPos - 1;
            String[] monthName = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"};
            System.out.print("This is the month of " + monthName[largestPos]);
        }
    }


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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    What are the variables that control the loop?
    Where does the code change the value in that variable to allow the loop to exit?
    You need to change the variable's value to exit the loop.

    If you can not see the value of the variable, add a println statement that prints out the value of the variable as the loop executes. The output should show you what the problem is.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    where is the solved button on here?

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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    Thanks for your help. Just gotta sort the results out.

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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    you need to add 2 braces "}" at the end of your programm

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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    Quote Originally Posted by Mohamad.H View Post
    you need to add 2 braces "}" at the end of your programm
    Why reply with an incorrect solution to an already solved thread?

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    Default Re: Infinite while loop for myKybd

    sorry i did not see the braces my bad...

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