Thread: Help needed for string index out of bounds exception

I am fairly new at this and any help would be appreciated . thx

private static int doFarenheitCelsius()
{
util.writeln("\nYou chose Farenheit or Celsius");

Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
double temp = 0;

double convertedF = 0;
double convertedC = 0;
DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
util.writeln("Enter a temperature ");
temp = reader.nextInt();

String strInput = "0";

util.writeln("Convert to Farenheit or Celsius");
strInput = reader.nextLine();
char letter = strInput.charAt(0);

if (letter == 'F' && letter == 'f')
{
convertedF = temp * 9/5 + 32;
util.writeln(temp + "is " + df.format(convertedF) + " Degrees Ferenheit");
}
else if (letter == 'C' && letter == 'c')
{
convertedC = (temp - 32) * 5 / 9;
util.writeln(temp + "is " + df.format(convertedC) + " Degrees Celsius");
}

return 0;

}
and my error message is as below, seems like a simple method to execute


You chose Farenheit or Celsius
Enter a temperature
45
Convert to Farenheit or Celsius
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 0
at java.lang.String.charAt(Unknown Source)
at exercises.SuperCalculatorAssignmentFive.doFarenhei tCelsius(SuperCalculatorAssignmentFive.java:132)
at exercises.SuperCalculatorAssignmentFive.main(Super CalculatorAssignmentFive.java:73)

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The statement:

temp = reader.nextInt();

takes the numerical part of the user's input and leaves the linefeed character in the input buffer. Then, the statement:

strInput = reader.nextLine();

sees there is still a linefeed in the input buffer and accepts it as the input. The result is that strInput is an empty string with no length, hence the error.

To correct, flush the buffer after the first statement with a throwaway call to reader:

reader.nextLine();

Let me know if this is not clear.

thanks GregBrannon, that reader.nextLine(); cleared the mismatch error but doesn't do my loop. I'll work on that. and I assume by the link you gave me, I posted incorrectly . Sorry about that thought I was in the right area.