Why won't my while loop break on command?

[juhess88]

Hey guys. I'm new here and need help in Java. I use eclipse.

Here's some code I wrote. I want to keep inputting names until I press enter on an empty string.
Unfortunately, my loop never breaks.


import java.util.Scanner;

public class main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

String worker_name;

System.out.println("Enter names of workers: ");

int i=0;

while(i<3) {

worker_name = scan.next();

if (worker_name==null) //meaning if I press enter without writing a name it the loop should break
break;

System.out.println("His name is " + worker_name);

}
}
}

Can someone please help?
Thanks

[Tolls]

Does it get past the 'scan.next()' call?
I thought that would block until you get some data.

In any case, worker_name won't be null, it'll be an empty String.

[juhess88]

I figured it out. Thanks for your quick reply.

I changed it to this:

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

String worker_name=null;

System.out.println("Enter names of workers: ");

while(true) {

worker_name=scan.nextLine();

if (worker_name.length()==0)

break;

System.out.println("His name is " + worker_name);

}

[DarrylBurke]

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