Question

I have the following method:

public void addStudent(){

    String fName, lName;
    double mGrade, fGrade;
    System.out.print("\nEnter first name: ");
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    fName = in.nextLine();
    System.out.print("\nEnter last name: ");
    lName = in.nextLine();
    System.out.print("\nEnter midterm grade: ");
    mGrade = in.nextDouble();
    System.out.print("\nEnter final grade: ");
    fGrade = in.nextDouble();
    Student toAdd = new Student(fName, lName, mGrade, fGrade);
    students.add(toAdd);
    System.out.println("\nStudent record added.\n");
    System.out.println(students.size());
}

How can I check if the user typed in something other than an integer for midterm grade and final grade? And if they entered a non-integer, I want the method to just request the user type in that value again. I’m guessing I’ll have to use a do-while loop. But I don’t don’t know how to check the type…

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, a do-while will work best.

  int midterm;
  System.out.printLn("Enter midterm grade");
  do
  { 
      try {
          string s = in.nextLine();
          midterm = Integer.parseInt(s);
          break;
      }
      catch (Exception e)
      {
          System.out.printLn("Couldn't parse input, please try again");
      }
  }
  while (true);