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Thread: Months of the year []

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    Default Months of the year []

    I have been assigned a tutorial for my java class which requires me to write a simple program(compiled and launched via CMD) which asks the user to input a number and based on the users input, the appropriate month of the year should be displayed. The code I have tried looks something like this:

    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    /* Calender.java
     * This program displays the month of the year based on the users input
     * Date created: 5 May 2018 */
     
    public class Calender 
    {
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
    	Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    	String months[] = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July, "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};
    	int monthYear[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12};
    	int i;
     
    	System.out.print("Please enter a value to view the corrosponding month");
    	i = sc.nextInt();
     
    	for(i = 0; i <= 11; i++)
    	{
    		System.out.printf("Number %d: %s \n",months[i],monthYear[i]);
    	}
        }
    }
    Last edited by #0Prog; May 5th, 2018 at 11:04 AM. Reason: code tags added

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    Default Re: Months of the year []

    Why use a loop? You are attempting to do a single thing (display the month) not trying to do something 12 times. Try a single System.out.printf() statement to print the thing you want.

    (By the way, the most idiomatic way to write the loop would be for(i=0; i<12; i++) because that makes it clearer to the eye that the loop is executing 12 times.)

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    Default Re: Months of the year []

    Hi thanks for the advice, I am new to this and still learning a lot. the code now looks like this

    public class Calender
    {
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    String[] months = {"", "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};
    int[] monthYear = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12};
    int i;

    System.out.print("Please enter a value to view the corrosponding month: ");
    i = sc.nextInt();


    System.out.printf(months[i],monthYear[i]);
    }
    }

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    Default Re: Months of the year []

    well done
    Whatever you are, be a good one

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