input placed in array

[smilejava]

im working on this exercise of mine, trying to do the interface,i already made it without the array.. but when i tried to add array(list of wannabee) the Buffered reader is not working anymore.. here's the code....

Code:

package sampInterface;

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
	int y = 0;

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

		Artist smile = new Artisttalent();

		Main smile2 = new Main();

		smile2.wannabees();
		audition(smile);

	}

	static void audition(Artist s) {
		s.act();
		s.dance();
		s.sing();

	}

	public void wannabees() throws IOException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		BufferedReader takeone = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				System.in));
			System.out.println("Enter wannabee:");
			String[] aspiring;
			aspiring = new String[5] ; 
			int i = 0;
			for (y = i; y >= aspiring.length; y++) {
							
			aspiring[i] = takeone.readLine();
			System.out.println("take one! " + aspiring[y] + " action!");
		}
	}
}

[hardwired]

Code:

public void wannabees() throws IOException {
    BufferedReader takeone = new BufferedReader(
                             new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    System.out.println("Enter wannabee:");
    String[] aspiring;
    aspiring = new String[5] ; 
    int i = 0;
    for (y = i; y >= aspiring.length; y++) {
        // The value of "i" is always zero.
        // You may want to use the variable "y" to select the
        // array elements for initialization, viz, "aspiring[y]"
        // in this next line.
        aspiring[i] = takeone.readLine();
        System.out.println("take one! " + aspiring[y] + " action!");
    }
}

[smilejava]

but it doesnt allow me to enter anything..

i've changed the code from

Code:

aspiring[i] = takeone.readLine();

to

Code:

aspiring[y] = takeone.readLine();

as what i've understand from what you've told me..

[JavaThinker]

Hi,

I think the for condition should be changed to...

for (y = i; y < aspiring.length; y++)

Regards,
JavaThinker

[smilejava]

thanks javathinker now it allows me to do so..

but then, im getting into confusion with what i am doing.. i want the array to store 3 wannabees.. but then, what the FOR LOOP is doing was, it just doing the statement again and i know that.. but what i want to happen is, like in 3 times (because of the size of the array), i would enter wannabee and perform the audition method then enter another then perform it again and so on... and the end i would like to Display all the wannabees, but how would i do that?!!

here's my revised code:

Code:

package sampInterface;

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
	int y = 0;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

		Artist smile = new Artisttalent();

		Main smile2 = new Main();
		
		String[] listaspiring;

		listaspiring = new String[3] ; 
		int i = 0;
		
		for (int y = i; y < listaspiring.length; y++) 
		{
		smile2.wannabees();
		audition(smile);
		}
	}

	static void audition(Artist s) {
		s.act();
		s.dance();
		s.sing();
	}

	public void wannabees() throws IOException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub

		BufferedReader takeone = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				System.in));
				
			String[] aspiring;
			aspiring = new String[1] ; 
			
			for(int i = 0; i < aspiring.length; i ++){
			System.out.println("Enter wannabee:");	
			aspiring[i] = takeone.readLine();
			System.out.println("take one! " + aspiring[i] + " action!");
			System.out.println(aspiring[i]);
		}
	}
}

[unhurt]

then... u can't use for loop, a loop while will work in ur condition...