Fence Post problem

[seanfmglobal]

So I'm having a fence post problem. Unfortunately I have a major exam tomorrow on fence post problems and other problems. My issue is I can actually defeat this problems with simple code like

 int num = 1; 
   while( num <= 10) {
      System.out.print(num); 
      if ( num < 10 ) 
        System.out.print(","); 
      num++; 
   } 
   System.out.println();

But in MY code I can't seem to beat this issue any help would be greatly appreciated. Ill be up coding all night to prepare for this exam. Thanks so much. Here is what I'm working with.

import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class DiceRoll {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
	Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
	Random rolling = new Random();
	
	System.out.println("How many rolls do you want? ");
	int roll_number = input.nextInt();
	
	int[] rolls = new int[roll_number];
	
	for(int index = 0; index < rolls.length; index++){
		rolls[index] = rolling.nextInt(6) + 1;
	}
	
	for(int index = 0; index < rolls.length; index++)
		System.out.println(rolls[index]);
		
		
		
		
		
	}

}

[Junky]

It would help if you explained what your problem is other than "it doesn't work" and expect others to examine your code line by line to a) determine what you are trying to do and b) where it is going wrong.

[seanfmglobal]

Sorry, a fence post problem is a problem that prints the comma after the last digit.

that last line of code that reads

for(int index = 0; index < rolls.length; index++)
		System.out.println(rolls[index]);

should actually read

for(int index = 0; index < rolls.length; index++)
		System.out.println(rolls[index] + ", ");

But if it reads that it will throw an extra comma on the end. Sorry I was working on it before I posted it and I thought that line was in there, my mistake.

[Junky]

Yeah, I know what a fence post problem is. what I don't know is what your problem is.

Are you saying that you are unable to modify your DiceRoll class to perform like the code snippet you posted at the top? Surely it is a simple matter of adding an if statement to determine when/when not to add a comma.

[seanfmglobal]

Ok I'm very sorry to waste your time. I believe I figured it out. I appreciate such quick response to the issue.

for(int index = 0; index < rolls.length; index++)
		if (index < rolls.length-1){
			System.out.println(rolls[index] + ", ");
		} else {
			System.out.println(rolls[index]);
		}

[Junky]

Glad you got it to work.

Just a bit of advice. You won't always know when you get to the last value but you will always know when you are at the first (or not at the first value).

loop {
    if(not first value) {
        print comma;
    }
    print value;
}

[seanfmglobal]

Thanks a lot!!