array problem

[wats]

I am trying to create an array of a custom class. the user is asked with util scanner ("What kind of ant? (1 for Queen, 2 for Worker and 3 for Drone or -99 to quit)"); and the choice of the array are printed and the program ends when they enter a sentinel value. Here is the code I have so far.

Code:

public class driver
{
	public static void main(String Args[])
	{
		ant z = new ant();
		z.set_ant();
	
		ant ar[] = new ant[3];
		int count = 0;
		while(z.get_ant-ar() != "end")
		{
			ar[count] = z.get_ant_ar();
  			count++;
			System.out.println(ar[count]);
			
		}
	}	

}

Code:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class ant extends insect
{
	Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
	private int z;
	private String ant;

	public void set_ant()
	{
		System.out.println("What kind of ant? (1 for Queen, 2 for Worker and 3 for Drone or -99 to quit)");
		z = input.nextInt();
	}
	
	}
	public String get_ant_ar()
	{
		if(z == 1)
		
			ant = "Queen";
		
		if(z == 2)
		
			ant = "Worker";
		
		if(z == 3)
		
		 	ant = "Drone";
		
		return "ant";
	}		
}

[spoon!]

wow this code has a lot of problems

1.

Code:

while(z.get_ant-ar() != "end")

this is a typo, should probably be

Code:

while(z.get_ant_ar() != "end")

2.
that while loop will never exit, because "z.get_ant_ar()" will never return "end"; count will keep incrementing; but when "count" gets to 3,

Code:

ar[count]

will be out of bounds

3.

Code:

ar[count] = z.get_ant_ar();

Code:

System.out.println(ar[count]);

it seems from these lines that "ar" should be a "String[]" instead of a "ant[]"

4.

Code:

return "ant";

the ant method get_ant_ar() always returns the literal string "ant". it sets the "ant" instance variable, but never uses it; perhaps you wanted to instead

Code:

return ant;