Problem with an assignment: Backgammon game

[Poddy]

Hi, i currently am a student for java.
I have been given an assignment to create a backgammon game, although i have encountered a problem.

I created a function that is supposed to check if a player has all it's checkers in his "away" box(the 6 columns that are the target to reach).
Returning a boolean if he can "check out".

Although even when i know the result should be true, it returns false and throws an error message.
If anyone could assist me on this i would be very grateful.

Calling to the function

System.out.println("Please enter the ending column");
String input;
input=in.nextLine();
    if (input.equalsIgnoreCase("end"))
    {
	current_player.turns=0;
	continue;
    }
    else if (input.equalsIgnoreCase("out"))
    {
           readyToCheckOut=Utility.readyToCheckOut(readyToCheckOut, column, current_player, player1, player2);

           if(readyToCheckOut)
	         Utility.checkOut(column, input, start, current_player);
           else
           {
                 System.out.println("You are not ready to checkout. please get all your checkers to the away box.");
                 continue;
           }
							
   }

the function:

// Checks if the user is ready to check out.
public static boolean readyToCheckOut(boolean readyToCheckOut,Column[] column, Player current_player, Player player1, Player player2)
	{
		while(readyToCheckOut)
		{
			if(current_player==player2)
			{
				for(int i=0;i<18;i++)
				{
					if(column[i].checkersCount==0 && column[i].player == player2)
						continue;
					else
						readyToCheckOut=false;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				for(int i=23;i>6;i--)
				{
					if(column[i].checkersCount==0 && column[i].player == player1)
						continue;
					else
						readyToCheckOut=false;
				}
			}
		}
		return readyToCheckOut;
	}

[emceenugget]

what is the error that you are getting?

[Poddy]

what is the error that you are getting?

The error is being:

 System.out.println("You are not ready to checkout. please get all your checkers to the away box.");
                 continue;

executed

which prints the message and goes to the start of the loop, which is triggering by a false check of the boolean statement from the function.

in short i just need to get the function to return true when it is so.

[emceenugget]

Utility.readyToCheckOut loops as long as readyToCheckOut is true... maybe you meant to have it loop as long as it is false?

[Poddy]

Utility.readyToCheckOut loops as long as readyToCheckOut is true... maybe you meant to have it loop as long as it is false?

It needs to be true, because if i find any non empty checkers in the way it must revert to false and break.
So being true wouldn't help

[Fubarable]

If you cross-post a question on multiple fora, the polite thing to do would be at least to place links in each thread to all the others. No one likes putting in effort to answer questions that have already been answered elsewhere.

[mtyoung]

if it continue, readyToCheckOut remains true,
then loop again, and continue, and loop again....
non-stop looping....
have you think of how to break the loop?