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    Default Number Counting Array issues

    My assignment is this:
    Design and implement an application that reads a set of values in the range 1 to 100 from the user and then creates a chart showing how often the values appeared.
    This is my code so far:
    import java.util.*;
    public class chap6pp4 { //this is just the assignment number in my textbook-- chapter 6 programming project 4
     
        public static void main() 
        {
            int numbers[] = new int[10];
            int appearNum;
     
            Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
     
            System.out.println("Enter a set of values from 1 to 100: ");
            appearNum = scan.nextInt();
     
            while (appearNum >= 1 && appearNum <= 100)
            {
                numbers[(appearNum--) / 10]++;
     
                System.out.println("Enter another number (-1 to quit): ");
                appearNum = scan.nextInt();
            }
     
            System.out.println();
     
            for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++)
            {
                System.out.print ("   " + (i*11) + " - " + (i+1)*10 + "\t| ");
     
                for (int j = 0; j < numbers.length; j++) 
     
                {
     
                    System.out.print ("*");
     
                }
     
     
                System.out.println (); 
     
            } 
     
        }
     
    }

    So it compiles, but when I try to run the code by putting some numbers in it keeps on asking me to put more numbers in, or press -1 to quit. When I do -1, it shows a full asterisk chart.
    This is what it looks like :
    Enter a set of values from 1 to 100:
    1 2 4 64 33 33 52 74 74 2 44
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    2 2 44 33 33
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    Enter another number (-1 to quit):
    -1

    0 - 10 | **********
    11 - 20 | **********
    22 - 30 | **********
    33 - 40 | **********
    44 - 50 | **********
    55 - 60 | **********
    66 - 70 | **********
    77 - 80 | **********
    88 - 90 | **********
    99 - 100 | **********

    those inputted numbers are mine. This is what I want the chart to look like, but the program isn't running the way it is supposed to and I don't know why.
    Any help is much appreciated!


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    Default Re: Number Counting Array issues

    You're on the right track but need to give it a bit more thought. You should ask yourself, "Is the program written to accept a bunch of numbers entered on a single line?", and "Why are 10 stars printed for every value?" The answers to these questions are fairly simple and obvious and should point you to logic corrections.

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    Default Re: Number Counting Array issues

    thanks. i went through again after posting and realized a couple dumb things i did wrong, I'm just having issues with printing things for specific answers within a group.

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    Default Re: Number Counting Array issues

    I'm just having issues with printing things for specific answers within a group.
    Can you explain what this means? It sounds like you're talking about a different problem entirely. "Printing things," (what things?), "specific answers," (what answers to what questions?, and "within a group" (what group?) don't make much sense. I can almost connect "group" to the frequency range you're collecting, but I'm not sure that's right. Don't talk in riddles.

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    Default Re: Number Counting Array issues

    i was dismissing my issue as one based in dumb things that i didn't do. i meant that i was having issues printing the asterisk for each set of 10 answers within each individual set without making a different section for each 10.
    hardly a riddle.

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