Do loop help

[07.350]

I'm in need of a little help... I am trying to use a do loop and I'm stuck on how to make the second inner loop to when it prints "Calculate another interest?" if they type yes to loop up and ask the loan amt, interest, and term again? Any help would be great thanks!

public static void main(String[] args )
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

		do{
			//Prompt user to enter loan amount
			System.out.print("Enter Loan Amount: ");
		    int principle = input.nextInt();
		    
		    //Prompt user to enter interest rate
			System.out.print("Enter Yearly Interest Rate (1 to 100 percent): ");
		    double interest = input.nextDouble(); 
		    
		  //Prompt user to enter term 
		    System.out.print("Enter the Term (in months): ");
		    int term = input.nextInt(); 
		    
		   if (principle > 0) 
			   {
			    	if (interest >= 0 && interest <= 100) 
			    	{
			    		if(term > 0)
			    		{
			    			 double simple= principle*(interest/100.0)*(term/12.0);
			    			    double repaidSimple= simple+principle;
			    			    double a = 1.0+((interest/100.0)/365.0);
			    			    double b = (365.0*(term/12.0));
			    			    double daily = Math.pow(a,b);
			    			    double dailyCompound = (principle*daily)-principle; 		
			    			    double repaidDaily = dailyCompound + principle; 
			    			    double c = 1.0+((interest/100)/12.0);
			    			    double d = (12.0*(term/12.0));
			    			    double monthly = Math.pow(c, d);
			    			    double monthlyCompound = (principle*monthly)-principle;
			    			    double repaidMonthly = monthlyCompound + principle;
			    			    int type = 0;
			    			    
			    			  //Prompt user to enter calculation type
			    			   do{System.out.print("Enter Interest Calculation Type (1 – Simple, 2 – Monthly Compounded, 3 – Daily Compounded):");
			    			    type = input.nextInt();
			    			    
			    			   
			    			   switch(type) 
			    			    {
			    			    case 1:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +simple);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidSimple);
			    			    break;
			    			    case 2:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +monthlyCompound);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidMonthly);
			    			    break;
			    			    case 3:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +dailyCompound);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidDaily);
			    			    break;
			    			    default: System.out.println("Calculation Type Error: You must select 1, 2 or 3. You entered " +type);
			    			    break;
			    			     		
			    		        }
			    			   }while(type<1||type>3);
			    			}
			    	    else
			    	    {
			    	    	System.out.println("Data Error: Term must be greater than zero. You entered " +term);
			    	    	
			    	    }
			        }
			    	else 
			    	{
			    		System.out.println("Data Error: Interest rate must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to 100. You entered " +interest);
			    	}
			   }
			   else
			   {	
			    		System.out.println("Data Error: Loan amount must be greater than zero. You entered " +principle);
			   }
		
		
		
		do{
			System.out.println("Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?");
		}while(input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes")&& input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("no"));
		
		
		
		
		}while (input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));
		System.out.println("Thank you for using Interest Calculator!");
	}
 }

[jim829]

First, your loops won't ever work properly as written:

 do{         
    System.out.println("Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?");
  }while(input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes")&& input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("no"));

Two problems here:

Your first input.next() reads an answer so the next input.next() would either block or read something else that is not an answer.
So you should normally do this:

String answer = input.next();
 do{         
    System.out.println("Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?");
  }while(answer.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")&& answer.equalsIgnoreCase("no"));

There is still a huge problem. Answer can't be both yes and no at the same time so the loop will always
fail.

Try rewriting the code and putting in print statements as debugging aids.

Regards,
Jim

[07.350]

do{
	System.out.println("Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?");
		}while(input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));

I see that this will cause a problem, I'm just having trouble where I should place the

 do{

and then where I should place the

 }while(input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));

to make the program ask for the principle, interest, and term again..
Thanks for the quick response, I'm still new to using java so bear with me!

[jim829]

Your big loop which does all the processing should be the inner loop. The outer loop is the one which asks if the user wants to repeat the process. So in essence, the outer loop and question/answer determines if the inner loop will run.

Regards,
Jim

[07.350]

I think I have it, well it seems to be working properly for me... now when I need is when it prompts "Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?" if you type in Okay, maybe, basically anything but yes, no, y,n, etc it returns the error "Please enter 'Yes' or 'No'" Am I just setting it up wrong or how should I key that in? use an if statement?

 public static void main(String[] args )
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

		do{
			
			do{
				
				
			//Prompt user to enter loan amount
			System.out.print("Enter Loan Amount: ");
		    int principle = input.nextInt();
		    
		    //Prompt user to enter interest rate
			System.out.print("Enter Yearly Interest Rate (1 to 100 percent): ");
		    double interest = input.nextDouble(); 
		    
		  //Prompt user to enter term 
		    System.out.print("Enter the Term (in months): ");
		    int term = input.nextInt(); 
		    
		   if (principle > 0) 
			   {
			    	if (interest >= 0 && interest <= 100) 
			    	{
			    		if(term > 0)
			    		{
			    			 double simple= principle*(interest/100.0)*(term/12.0);
			    			    double repaidSimple= simple+principle;
			    			    double a = 1.0+((interest/100.0)/365.0);
			    			    double b = (365.0*(term/12.0));
			    			    double daily = Math.pow(a,b);
			    			    double dailyCompound = (principle*daily)-principle; 		
			    			    double repaidDaily = dailyCompound + principle; 
			    			    double c = 1.0+((interest/100)/12.0);
			    			    double d = (12.0*(term/12.0));
			    			    double monthly = Math.pow(c, d);
			    			    double monthlyCompound = (principle*monthly)-principle;
			    			    double repaidMonthly = monthlyCompound + principle;
			    			    int type = 0;
			    			    
			    			  //Prompt user to enter calculation type
			    			   do{System.out.print("Enter Interest Calculation Type (1 – Simple, 2 – Monthly Compounded, 3 – Daily Compounded):");
			    			    type = input.nextInt();
			    			    
			    			   
			    			   switch(type) 
			    			    {
			    			    case 1:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +simple);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidSimple);
			    			    break;
			    			    case 2:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +monthlyCompound);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidMonthly);
			    			    break;
			    			    case 3:System.out.println("Total calculated interest: "  +dailyCompound);
			    				System.out.println("Total amount to be repaid: "  +repaidDaily);
			    			    break;
			    			    default: System.out.println("Calculation Type Error: You must select 1, 2 or 3. You entered " +type);
			    			    break;
			    			     		
			    		        }
			    			   }while(type<1||type>3);
			    			}
			    	    else
			    	    {
			    	    	System.out.println("Data Error: Term must be greater than zero. You entered " +term);
			    	    	
			    	    }
			        }
			    	else 
			    	{
			    		System.out.println("Data Error: Interest rate must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to 100. You entered " +interest);
			    	}
			   }
			   else
			   {	
			    		System.out.println("Data Error: Loan amount must be greater than zero. You entered " +principle);
			   }
		
		
		
		   System.out.println("Calculate another loan interest (Yes/No)?");
		}while(input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));
			System.out.println("Thank you for using Interest Calculator!");
		
		
		
		}while (input.next().equalsIgnoreCase("yes"));
		
	}
 }

[jim829]

Here is skeleton of what I think you want to do.

Jim

boolean val = true;
while (val) {
    System.out.print("Would you like to play a game?");
    String ans = input.next();
    if (ans.equal("yes")) {
         do {
             
         // Your processing code goes here.


          } while ( /* Some inner test here */ );
    } else {
       val = false;  //causes outer loop to fall thru  (you could also use a break here)
    }
}


System.out.println("Thank you for playing");