Question

1. When I enter input that satisfies everything and doesn’t trigger any of my errors, the program just exits after last input like it is skipping over the for or if loop.

2. Also after System.out.printf("Enter the name of your second species: "); it won’t allow for any input, it just skips to the next prompt. I’m not sure why that is. The section above it asking for the first species’ info works fine.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class HW2johnson_pp1 {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.printf("Please enter the species with the higher" + 
                          " population first\n");
        System.out.printf("Enter the name of your first species: ");
        String Species1 = keyboard.nextLine();
        System.out.printf("Enter the species' population: ");
        int Pop1 = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.printf("Enter the species' growth rate: ");
        int Growth1 = keyboard.nextInt();

        System.out.printf("Enter the name of your second species: ");
        String Species2 = keyboard.nextLine();
        System.out.printf("Enter the species' population: ");
        int Pop2 = keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.printf("Enter the species' growth rate: ");
        int Growth2 = keyboard.nextInt();

        if (Pop2 > Pop1) {
            System.out.printf("The first population must be higher. \n");
            System.exit(0);
        }


        Species input1 = new Species();
        input1.name = Species1;
        input1.population = Pop1;
        input1.growthRate = Growth1;

        Species input2 = new Species();
        input2.name = Species2;
        input2.population = Pop2;
        input2.growthRate = Growth2;

        if ((input1.predictPopulation(1) - input2.predictPopulation(1)) <= 
            (input1.predictPopulation(2) - input2.predictPopulation(2))){

            System.out.printf(Species2 + " will never out-populate " + 
                              Species1 + "\n");
        }
        else {

            for (int i = 0; input2.predictPopulation(i) <= 
                            input1.predictPopulation(i); i++) {

                if (input2.predictPopulation(i) == input1.predictPopulation(i)) {
                    System.out.printf(" will out-populate \n");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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This for the predictPopulation():

public int predictPopulation(int years)
    {
        int result = 0;
        double populationAmount = population;
        int count = years;
        while ((count > 0) && (populationAmount > 0))
        {
            populationAmount = (populationAmount +
                          (growthRate / 100) * populationAmount);
            count--;
        }
        if (populationAmount > 0)
            result = (int)populationAmount;

        return result;
    }

Answer 1

1. This is because you never print anything after Species 2 overtakes Species 1, except in the very special case that Species 2 and Species 1 have exactly the same population in some year.

2. This is because, when you enter Species 1’s growth rate, you enter an integer, and then press Enter. keyboard.nextInt() swallows the integer, but leaves the newline on the input-buffer, so the subsequent keyboard.nextLine() thinks there’s an empty line there waiting for it.