End Scanner int input with text value

[BillyB]

I have a Scanner object and the values being input are integers. What I would like to do is have the user enter an 's' to stop the input. I have the following code (which of course throws an error). How can I accomplish my goal? Thank you.

int stop = 's';
int number;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter the first number of the array: ");

number = input.nextInt();

while (input != stop)
{
//process this code
}

[sunde887]

if they enter the number which is used for s it will stop. Try printing out stop

System.out.println(stop);

Then use that number as the input, and see what happens.

You could also use readLine and try to parse it to an integer with

Integer.parseInt(String)

do this after testing if it's s. You can also catch any exceptions for when integer.parseint doesnt work.

[KevinWorkman]

You're trying to input a String, but you're using the nextInt() function. Why? If you want to read in Strings, you have to use one of the methods that reads in Strings.

[Tolls]

You're going about this backwards.
As KevinWorkman says, if you need to read a String then read a String.

Since an 's' is a valid input, then you'll have to read everything in as Strings, then convert them to ints if they aren't an 's'.