number equals astrisks ????

[nanna]

hi,
i need help in my program that asks a user to input an integer then it is supposed to interpret this number into astrisks .i.e, when a user input 7 the program should print (*******) . i should use loop statement .
below is my program :

import java.util.Scanner;

public class AstrisksLine {
   public static void main (String[] args) {
    int x=1;
    int count=0;
          
    Scanner keyboard= new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Please enter an integer or (exit) to stop:");
     x=keyboard.nextInt();
     while (x >=1);
     x++;
    {
     System.out.print("Please enter an integer or (Exit) to stop:");
     x=keyboard.nextInt();
       for ( count = 0; count>=x; count++)
       {
       System.out.print("*" + count );

       x=keyboard.nextInt();
 

               
        }      
     } 
                         
   } 
}

[masijade]

Okay, and what, exactly, is your problem?

What compiler/error messages are you getting, and/or what is happening that should not be and is not happening that should be?

[nanna]

hi,
I try to make some change to my program ,but the same . the problem is that the program asks the user for an integer and when the user enter it ,the program stops and does not compile to interepret the number into astrisks .for example 4 must display **** .
here is my code :

import java.util.Scanner;

public class AstrisksLine {
   public static void main (String[] args) {
    int x=1;
    int count=1;
    
     
   
    Scanner keyboard= new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Please enter an integer or (exit) to stop:");
     x=keyboard.nextInt();
     while (x >=1);
     x++;
    {
     System.out.print("Please enter an integer or (Exit) to stop:");
     x=keyboard.nextInt();
       for ( count = 1; count>=x; count++)
       {
       System.out.print("*" + count );

       x=keyboard.nextInt();
 

               
        }      
     } 
                         
   } 
}

[Supamagier]

what is your problem? Post an output/error message.

[nanna]

hi,
there is no output or error message . just the program stops and does not compile anything after the integer entry of the user .

[masijade]

Well, since the semi-colon ( ; ) ends the statement this

     while (x >=1);

is an endless loop unless x is zero or less.

[serjant]

if you want to ask a user for an input Integer or something else,and you have some condition to input the specific stuff,use do-while loop,the nexts step in for loop,you want to print the numebr of asterics which equals to an input number,so you should count your asterics in "for loop" from 1 to the input number,but in your for loop statement i see that you won't enter the loop at all,or you will print only one sterics if you input Integer 1,so it should be:

for ( count = 0; count<x; count++)