While help?

[07.350]

I'm making a program that if you enter a whole number from 1 to 9 and 0 to exit. Code a pyramid structure by using only odd numbers. The pyramid needs to be centered without hard keying in spaces you must use a loop to print out the appropriate number of spaces to align the pyramid.

The part I'm having trouble on is to get the loop to continue after one entry is submitted and then when the user enter a number >9 to give the error invalid entry. It works fine when a number <0 is entered and the invalid entry prints. Also I'm having trouble center aligning the pyramid without hard keying it in with spaces. any help would be great!!

import java.util.Scanner;
public class Pyramid{
	public static void main(String[] args )
	{
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Enter a whole number from 1 to 9 <0 to quit>");
		int number = input.nextInt();
 
		    while(number<=9|| number<=1){
		    	
		
			if(number==1||number==2){
				System.out.println( 1 );
				number=1;
				break;
			}
			if(number==3||number==4){
				System.out.println(  1  );
				System.out.println(333);
				number=3;
				break;
			}
			if(number==5||number==6){
				System.out.println(  1   );
				System.out.println( 333 );
				System.out.println(55555);
				number=4;
				break;
			}
			if(number==7||number==8){
				System.out.println(   1   );
				System.out.println(   333 );
				System.out.println(  55555);
				System.out.println(7777777);
				number=7;
				break;
			}
			if(number==9){
				System.out.println(   1   );
				System.out.println(   333 );
				System.out.println(  55555);
				System.out.println(7777777);
				System.out.println(999999999);
				number=9;
				break;
			}
			if (number < 0) {
			      System.out.println("number  is an invalid entry. Please try again");
			      number= -1;
			      break;
			}      
			if (number > 9) {
				   System.out.println("number  is an invalid entry. Please try again");
				   number=15;
				   break;
				   
			}	   
			if (number==0){
				System.out.println("Thanks for playing");
				break;
			}	
		    }
			
		    while(number !=0){
				System.out.println("Enter a whole number from 1 to 9 <0 to quit>");
				input.nextInt();
				break;
			
			
			           
		 }
}
}

[AndrewM16921]

First, you may want to use a switch-case statement.

switch(number)
{
	case 0:
	//do something
	break;
	
	case 1:
	case 2:
	//do something
	break;
	
	case 3:
	case 4:
	//do something
	break;
	
	case 5:
	case 6:
	//do something
	break;
	
	/// ...and so on
	
	default:
	//all other cases
	break;
}

Second, you should try to determine how many spaces are needed on either side of the number. For example, if you need 1 space on both sides of a three you would do something like:

int spaces = 1;
for(int i = 0; i < spaces; i++)
{
	System.out.print(' ');
}
for(int i = 0; i < number; i++)
{
	System.out.print(number);
}
for(int i = 0; i < spaces; i++)
{
	System.out.print(' ');
}
System.out.println();

I hope this was of some help.

[Jamil37037]

Ok do you think your while loop condition is right??

while(number<=9|| number<=1) // I think it should be number<=9|| number>=1

Secondly you are using while loop two times... i prefer you to use do while if you have studied it.........