I am new to Java, and I’m doing a calculator APP.
I’m trying to get my calculator to keep prompting the user for the correct answer (typing Y or N) after the else statement following ‘Invalid Input’.
I want the program to continue with the calculations after the correct input is finally entered.
I have played around with an embedded while loop, but ended up with an infinite loop or a loop that terminates with no resolution. The code is below.
import java.util.Scanner;
class Calculate {
public static void.main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome To Calculator!");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
Scanner userinput = new Scanner(System.in);
double num1, num2;
String choice;
boolean youDecide = true;
while(youDecide == true) {
System.out.println("Please enter a number: ");
num1 = userinput.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter an available operator (+, -, *, /): ");
char operator = userinput.next().charAt(0);
System.out.println("Please enter another number: ");
num2 = userinput.nextDouble();
double output;
switch(operator)
{
case '+':
output = num1 + num2;
break;
case '-':
output = num1 - num2;
break;
case '*':
output = num1 * num2;
break;
case '/':
output = num1 / num2;
if(num2 == 0)
System.out.println("Math error! A number cannot be divided by zero.");
break;
default:
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please enter an available operator, i.e (+, -, *, /): ");
return;
}
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("The answer is: " + "n" + output);
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Would you like to calculate again?");
System.out.println("Please enter Y for yes, or N for no");
choice = userinput.next();
if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")) {
System.out.println("Okay. Let's continue!");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
youDecide = true;
}
else if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("N")) {
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Okay. Thanks for using Calculator. Goodbye!");
System.exit(0);
}
else {
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again...");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
youDecide = false;
}
}
}
}
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Answer
After adding the edits suggested by J.F. and Javaman along with some research, I was able to solve the problem by adding the following lines to my code:
import java.util.InputMismatchException;
import java.util.Scanner;
class Calculator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome To Calculator!");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
Scanner userinput = new Scanner(System.in);
char operator;
double num1, num2;
String choice;
while(true) {
System.out.println("Please enter a number: ");
num1 = userinput.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Please enter an available operator (+, -, *, /): ");
while(true) {
operator = userinput.next().charAt(0);
if(operator == '+' || operator == '-' || operator == '*' || operator == '/') {
break;
}else {
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please enter an available operator, i.e (+, -, *, /): ");
}
}
System.out.println("Please enter another number: ");
num2 = userinput.nextDouble();
double output;
switch(operator) {
case '+':
output = num1 + num2;
break;
case '-':
output = num1 - num2;
break;
case '*':
output = num1 * num2;
break;
case '/':
output = num1 / num2;
break;
default:
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please enter an available operator, i.e (+, -, *, /): ");
continue;
}
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
if(num2 == 0) {
System.out.println("Math error! A number cannot be divided by zero.");
}else {
System.out.println("The answer is: " + "n" + output);
}
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Would you like to calculate again?");
System.out.println("Please enter Y for yes, or N for no");
choice = userinput.next();
if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")) {
System.out.println("Okay. Let's continue!");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
}else if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("N")) {
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Okay. Thanks for using Calculator. Goodbye!");
System.exit(0);
}else {
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again...");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
**while (!("Y").equalsIgnoreCase(choice) && !("N").equalsIgnoreCase(choice)) {
System.out.println("Invalid input. Please try again...");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Please enter Y for yes, or N for no");
choice = userinput.next();
if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")) {
System.out.println("Okay. Let's continue!");
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
}else if(choice.equalsIgnoreCase("N")) {
System.out.println("*************************************************************************");
System.out.println("Okay. Thanks for using Calculator. Goodbye!");
System.exit(0);**
}
}
}
}
}
}