Loop Help

[Big Lewy]

Hi,
I was just wondering if I could make this loop any shorter. I don't know if there was a way to put all three loops into one and still get the same output.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class PrintA {
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		int count;
		int red;
		int blue;
		int green;
		
		red = input.nextInt();
		
		count = 0;
		
		while ( count < red) {
			System.out.print ('A');
			count++;
		}
	blue = input.nextInt();	
		
		count = 0;
		
		while ( count < blue) {
			System.out.print ('A');
			count++;
		}
	green = input.nextInt();
		
		count = 0;
		
		while ( count < green) {
			System.out.print ('A');
			count++;
		}
 }
}

[KevinWorkman]

You're doing the same thing 3 times in a row. Can you think of a way to do something multiples times without repeating code?

[JosAH]

You could create a small method for the loops? The method takes a parameter telling how many times it should loop and print an 'A' ...

kind regards,

Jos

edit: darn, too slow again ...

[gimbal2]

Well forget about the code then - try to explain it in English. What do you want to achieve functionally? Seems to me you want to print a certain number of A's. How many exactly?

[Big Lewy]

I enter a number for the color and then it prints the number of A's I entered. It is for a class I am taking. I just want my code to be more efficient.

[Junky]

Thanks for repeating your requirements. You have already received 3 replies. Have you followed their advice?

[Big Lewy]

thanks for the response,
I don't know very much about programming just yet. I'm in the fourth week of a college course called Introduction to Java. My professor asked me to write a code where it asks for a number for red blue and green and then print that number of a's for each color. I succeeded but I wanted to know if I could combine the while's and still get the same output.

[KevinWorkman]

With programming, there are a million different ways to do any one thing, so it's a little hard to answer general "how can I do this" type questions. You can probably combine the loops to accomplish this goal, but that might not jive well with the next leg of the assignment. You've been given several hints and suggestions, which you seem to be ignoring, so it's a bit hard to be more specific than we've been. If you're confused about something we said, take a stab at it and ask us a specific question.