Object-Oriented Programming with Java, part I – Exercise 57

This program accepts input from a user until an empty string is input and then it prints all the previous words.

My Code

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Words {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        System.out.print("Type a word: ");
        String input = reader.nextLine();

        while (!input.isEmpty()) {
            words.add(input);
            System.out.print("Type a word: ");
            input = reader.nextLine();
        }

        for (String word : words) {
            System.out.println(word);
        }

    }
}

Model Code

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Scanner;

 

public class Words {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);

        ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();

        while (true) {

            System.out.print("Type a word: ");

            String word = reader.nextLine();

            if (word.equals("")) {

                break;

            }

            words.add(word);

        }

 

        System.out.println("You typed the following words:");

        

        for (String word : words) {

            System.out.println(word);

        }

    }

}

Comments

They are pretty close but since mine has repetition of the questions (inside and outside the loop) I would have to say the model code is better. It doesn’t actually follow the instructions given though. eg; the hint to use input.isEmpty()…..