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Thread: Do while loop in CeaserCipher

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    Default Do while loop in CeaserCipher

    Hello friends long time no see! I've got a really simple question this time around and I'm not sure if im just oblivous or what. The question is in regards to this do whie loop.

     
    public class test {
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		char input, encrypted;
    		int distance;
     
    		input = In.readChar();
     
    		do {
    			Out.println("input number between -10 and 10 without 0");
    			distance = In.readInt();
    		}while(distance < -10 || distance > 10 || distance == 0);
     
     
    	encrypted = (char) ((input + distance % 128));
     
    	Out.println(encrypted);
    	}
    }

    Now If you look the text of the print statement and the while statement it (in my eyes) doesn't seem right. I'll try to explain what I see:

    read in the values while the value is less than -10 or higher than ten or equal to null. Now the program works I've tested it but I obvioulsy dont have a good grasp of the do while loop (even tho I've used it before), so some explanation would be great.Thanks!

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    Default Re: Do while loop in CeaserCipher

    read in the values while the value is less than -10 or higher than ten or equal to null
    An int is a primitive numeric variable. It can not contain null. I assume you mean 0 which is a valid value. A null value in a reference variable means that the variable does not reference an object.

    If the null is changed to a 0, then that looks like a valid description of what will keep the do{}while loop iterating.
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    Yea I mean 0, my bad, I know its valid but it confuses me,as to how can we put distance > 10 because the values need to be within - 10 and 10, but this says greater than 10 or am i just that oblivious?

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    how can we put distance > 10
    The loop will iterate if distance > 10. If you want to allow values > 10, remove that condition from the while.
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    Okay, is there a way you could write comments in my code explaining step by step what the loop those? That would probably clear it up for me.

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    Your statement explains what keeps the loop iterating:
    while the value is less than -10 or higher than ten or equal to 0
    If any of those conditions are true, the loop execution goes back to the top of the loop.
    If they are all false, execution leaves the loop.
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    Omg now I see, thank Im just not on my game,I'm missing the easiest thing just not my day.Thanks buddy!

    PS. I passed my programing curriculum with an B.

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