Thread: Loop & custom exception error Please help

Below is a method i am using which contains a for loop. it loops through the words in the array and if the input doesnt match one of the strings in the array, it throws an exception, well thats the idea anyway. But it is throwing the exception when it gets a match, as well as not getting a match... Any help would be greatly appreciated


public static void englishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
{

for (int x=0; x<englishWords.length; x++)
{
if (input.equals(englishWords[x]))
{
Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(irishWords[x]);
}
else
{
throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
}
}
}
}

I have tried that, and still it throws the error, im now loosing my patience

public static void irishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
{
boolean error = false;
for (int x=0; x<irishWords.length; x++)
{
if (input.equalsIgnoreCase(irishWords[x]))
{
Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(englishWords[x]);
}
else
{
}

if (error == true)
{
throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
}
}
}

--- Update ---

i had The else as error = true in the above code;

Hi sorry about this, still not solved, here is the method with the suggested fix
public static void irishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
{
boolean error = false;
for (int x=0; x<irishWords.length; x++)
{
if (input.equalsIgnoreCase(irishWords[x]))
{
Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(englishWords[x]);
}
else
{
error = true;
}

if (error == true)
{
throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
}
}
}

OMG, you are an absolute legend, thank you so much, i sincerely appreciate it

Im such an idiot....

Thanks again
Dave