Object-Oriented Programming with Java, part I – Exercise 38

This program asks a user how many times to print a line of text and then executes the input.

My Code

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ManyPrints {

    // NOTE: do not change the method definition, e.g. add parameters to method
    public static void printText() {
        // Write your code here
        System.out.println("In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe and Java.");
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // ask the user how many times the text should be printed
        // use the while structure to call the printText method several times
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("How many?");
        int input = Integer.parseInt(reader.nextLine());
        int tic = 0;
        while (tic < input) {
            printText();

            tic++;
        }

    }
}

Model Code

import java.util.Scanner;

 

public class ManyPrints {

    // NOTE: do not change the method definition, e.g. add parameters to method

    public static void printText() {

        // Write your code here

        System.out.println("In the beginning there were the swamp, the hoe and Java.");

    }

 

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // ask the user how many times the text should be printed

        // use the while structure to call the printText method several times

        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("How many?");

        int count = Integer.parseInt(reader.nextLine());

        while (count > 0) {

            count--;

            printText();

        }

    }

}

Comments

Using — to subtract down to zero in the loop is a nice way of not having to include another variable.