Scanner to int?

[N00Bie]

I'll just put the code out here as its simpler to understand that me explaining it

import java.util.Scanner; 

public class apples4 {
	public static void main(String args[]){

		Scanner bucky = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Enter the loop number");
	
	
		int counter =0;
		while(counter < bucky)
		{
			System.out.println(counter);
			counter++;
		}
	}
}

This is where I am getting the error:
while(counter < bucky)

and the error is:
The operator < is undefined for the argument type(s) int, Scanner

So I got to change the Scanner to in int? or?

Thanks!

[Fubarable]

You can't compare a Scanner object to an int, and you don't want to try either. Your Scanner object is used to get input from the user and should only be used for that. Then once you've used one of the Scanner's methods to get input from the user, you then test the input received in your while condition.

[N00Bie]

Then once you've used one of the Scanner's methods to get input from the user, you then test the input received in your while condition.

Sorry, total noob... how?

(Which also translates to, how do I get my original program working?)

[N00Bie]

I think I got it!

I tried:

int ii = bucky.nextInt();
...
while(counter < ii)

and it worked!

But now I am not very sure why ;(

[Fubarable]

Sorry, total noob... how?

(Which also translates to, how do I get my original program working?)

The key is learning how to use a Scanner object to get user input. Google can help you find a tutorial on this, such as:

Scanner Tutorial 1
Scanner Tutorial 2

[pbrockway2]

it worked!

But now I am not very sure why ;(

Don't worry so much about the fact that it worked. Worry, instead, about why the code you wrote did what it did. (In particular why the output line outputted what it did.)

If you can't understand the precise meaning of each line of the code, post it all. (If some line in particular is worrying, indicate that.)

[N00Bie]

Cool, I think I got it now.

Thanks again guys!