Thread: [2ND largest number] Type everything in one line (without arrays).

Hey.

I an assignment where i must be able to put in 10 different whole pair of numbers such as:

19 4322 56 -234 543 -424 3 123 2 33

and every single one of them on one line. And the program must be able to pick out the 2nd largest number!



Okay so i can put 10 different whole numbers such as -43 11 etc on one line and get the right results.
But i was wondering if anyone could help me figure out if i can put some sort of "stop" statment so that
the program only wants everything on one line.

public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		int max = 0, second_max = 0, temp;
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		int numbers1 = 10;
		System.out.print("write in 10 whole numbers : ");
		 for (int i = 0; i < numbers1; i++) {
			if (i == 0) {
				max = scanner.nextInt();
			} else {
				temp = scanner.nextInt();
				if (temp > max) {
					second_max = max;
					max = temp;
				} else if (temp > second_max) {
					second_max = temp;
				}
			}
		}
		scanner.close();
		System.out.println("The 2nd largest numbers are : " + second_max);
	}
}

each time that i hit enter and therefore it doesn't all stay on one line.

Don't hit Enter until all 10 numbers have been entered on one line.

The Scanner class has some methods that might be useful.
Basically it is hard to make a user enter data the way you want. You can detect what the user has done and issue messages to try to correct the user's response.

It sounds like you want a raw input mode so that characters are available as they are typed. This is not possible in Java and it presents it's own set of problems (looking for delimiters, parsing the number to ensure it's a number, etc). Do what Norm suggested in post #4. But how much correction are you allowed to do? What if someone types a word in amongst the numbers?

Regards,
Jim

The only way I know is to have them enter the numbers. If they don't enter enough, reprint the input (optional) and prompt for the rest. If they enter too many, use only what is required.

Some operating system consoles will allow characters to be read as they are typed. Unix is one of them. But that opens up a whole new can of worms. You have to keep taking in digits until the user types a delimiter. But then, what about a number like the 10e3 which is 1000. So you need to correctly parse the input. If this is for an assignment I would discuss with the instructor to see what is acceptable/required.

Regards,
Jim