This relates to lines 15 and 16 of Fig. 7.2 in Java How to Program, Ninth Edition by Paul Deitel.
I'm just beginning to learn Java. Can someone explain why the array[counter] output is zero for the Value column? I understand that the default value for each element in array is zero but I don't quite understand what array[counter] is doing. Is the element's default value of zero being multiplied by the counter value 0-9 through each iteration of the loop, which results in zero? Thanks.
public class InitArray
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[] array; // declare array named array
array = new int[10]; // create the array object
System.out.printf("%s%8s\n", "Index", "Value"); //column headings
// output each array element's value
for(int counter = 0; counter <array.length; counter++)
System.out.printf("%5d%8d\n", counter, array[counter]);
}
}
}
I am disappointed with the down votes and harsh comments on this simple question, can't we just simply try and make the concept clear to the user
This is a simple for loop the index of the first element in the array is 0. So when the counter = 0 i.e first element, counter less than the length of the array i.e
counter<array.length , print "%5d%8d\n",
counter, array[counter] then increment counter i.e counter ++ so the value of counter is increasing which also moves the index of the array.
Hope this Helps.
This give you the element at position "Counter" in the array. If Counter is Zero you get the first result, because an array in java is Zero based. That meens that the first element in an array has the index zero.
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I'm trying to teach myself coding, and I stumbled on an example I don't understand. Could someone give me an overview of what this code is supposed to do? I'm a bit confused about int a[] and what is later int a[i]. I know what an array is, but could someone please explain how this is being used in this context? Thank you in advance.
public class all {
public int select(int a[],int n,int x)
{
int i=0;
while(i<n && a[i]<x)
{
if(a[i]<0)
a[i]=-a[i];
i++;
}
return(a[i-1]);
}
}
This
if(a[i]<0)
a[i]=-a[i];
i++;
is he same like this
if(a[i]<0) {
a[i]=-a[i];
}
i++;
a[i] -> value at the position i, into the Array
if(a[i]<0) { -> if the value at position i is smaller than 0, also negative number
a[i]=-a[i]; -> replace the value with a reverse sign.
i++ -> increment loop Counter
Also what is done here: negative numbers convert to positive numbers.
while(i<n && a[i]<x) -> i = loop counter; if i smaller n and the value at position i in the array is smaller than x, then go into the loop.
return(a[i-1]); -> return the last value, that has been checked into the while loop
the method gets an array and two int args n and x (as a side note, I must say the names leave a lot to be desired...)
anyway, lets see what are the args for. they both are used in the while loop. the condition i<n tells us that n serves as upper limit to the iteration, while the condition a[i]<x tells us that x is used as upper limit to the values in the array.
so far, we can say:
select method receives an array, int arg specifying iteration-upper-limit and int arg specifying cell-value-upper-limit.
iterate over the array until you reach position specified by iteration-upper-limit or you reach a cell value that exceeds cell-value-upper-limit (which ever comes first)
can you continue to say what's being done inside the loop? it's fairly straightforward.
1.) a[] is the declaration of array.size is not defined.
2.)In a[i], i is the index number of the array...that means indicating the position of the element in array.
a[] is an array and we do not know its length. n must be lower than the length of a[] or it will throw an exception. It it traverses from the first element toward the last untill it one element is larger than x. it returns these element's absolute value which were traversed
I'm trying to create a method to randomly shuffle a array of primitives using a Arraylist. I was wondering if the .get(); method was the proper method to use on my Arraylist where on a normal array in a for loop it would just be array[j]; where j is the value in the for loop. Also, I'm not too familiar with Math.random(); and needed some help implementing it in this situation.
public static void selectionShuffle(int[] values) {
ArrayList<Integer> temp=new ArrayList<Integer>(52);
int rando=(int)Math.random()*52+1;
for(int counter=0;counter<temp.size();counter++){
temp.set(rando,(Integer)counter);
}
for(int counter=0;counter<values.length;counter++){
values[counter]=temp.get(counter);
}
}
Collections.shuffle(temp); is what you need
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collections.html#shuffle%28java.util.List%29
What you may want to do is after creating the ArrayList, run a for-loop to add 52 values:
for(int i = 0; i < 52; i++){
temp.add(i);
}
Then do this:
Collections.shuffle(temp);
Print out the result to confirm
Your implementation should ensure that every index is set at least once. Your temp.set(rando,(Integer)counter) sets a random index to the value of counter. Also, you must change the value of rando with every iteration of the loop.
Math.random()
returns a double value with a positive sign, greater than or equal to
0.0 and less than 1.0.
as per Oracle, so when you multiply by 52.0 you get a value between 0 and 51.9 inclusive. When cast to an integer it is truncated to the floor of its value, giving you a range of 0 - 51 inclusive, or the size of your array.
Warning: I am very new to Java and programming in general. I'll try to be as clear as possible.
I am attempting to take a simple integer (inputnumber), convert it to a string (temp), create a new int[] array (numberarray), and loop through this int[] array, starting from the last digit, and print out the name of the digit.
I am rather sure that the conversion from integer to String to int[] array was functional due to Eclipse debugging, but am stumped as to why I am getting an ArrayOutOfBounds message from Eclipse for such a simple for loop. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong is appreciated.
String temp = inputnumber.toString();
int[] numberarray = new int[temp.length()];
for (int i=0;i<temp.length();i++) {
numberarray[i] = temp.charAt(i);
}
for (int i=temp.length();i>0;i--) {
if (numberarray[i]==1) System.out.print("one.");
if (numberarray[i]==2) System.out.print("two.");
if (numberarray[i]==3) System.out.print("three.");
if (numberarray[i]==4) System.out.print("four.");
if (numberarray[i]==5) System.out.print("five.");
if (numberarray[i]==6) System.out.print("six.");
if (numberarray[i]==7) System.out.print("seven.");
if (numberarray[i]==8) System.out.print("eight.");
if (numberarray[i]==9) System.out.print("nine.");
if (numberarray[i]==0) System.out.print("zero");
}
The Eclipse error message I am getting is:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at jt.Intermediate8.main(Intermediate8.java:44)
Arrays are 0-indexed in Java. This means the last value is at index NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS - 1
Therefore, in your for loop, you should change
int i=temp.length() // this is last index + 1 (since we are starting from 0)
To:
int i=temp.length() - 1 // this is last index
Also, as #brso05 said, don't forget to change your loop-ending condition to i>=0 since the last value going backwards will be at index 0.
Your for loop:
for (int i = temp.length(); i >= 0; i--)
You're starting the loop at temp.length(). That's not a valid index. Perhaps you want temp.length()-1?
You should be doing temp.length() - 1. The reason is that the array starts with index 0 not 1 so the last element in an array is stored at the length - 1. If there are 10 elements then 0-9 are your indexes. Also change i>0 to i>=0 if you want to hit all elements.
for (int i=(temp.length() - 1);i>=0;i--) {
I'm still learning about sorting and Arrays. Came up with this code which does sorting letters or numbers on ascending order but I really don't get the last part where System.out.println(SampleArray[i]);. Why is it SapleArray[i]? can someone enlighten me please.
public class TestClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String SampleArray[] = {"B","D","A","R","Z"};
Arrays.sort(SampleArray);
for (int i=0; i < SampleArray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(SampleArray[i]);
}
}
}
SampleArray refers to the whole array - here containing five strings.
SampleArray[0] refers to the first item in the array (here the string "B").
for (int i=0; i < SampleArray.length; i++) {
System.out.println(SampleArray[i]);
}
lets i take the values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 one after another, so you print out first SampleArray[0]and then SampleArray[1] and so on until all the items have been printed.
You are trying to print an array, which is an ordered collection of items.
SampleArray[i] inside the loop lets you access one element at a time, in order.
More specifically, i takes on the values 0 through 4 in this case.
SampleArray[0] would give you the first element of SampleArray, because Java uses zero-based indexing for arrays.
Going through your code:
first you create a String array with those letters as element, which are saved like this: element 0 of array = B, element 1= D, etc. (in Arrays the counting always begin by 0 and not by 1).
Then it sort it in ascending order.
The for loop is there to print the sorted array, it iterate through the array beginning by element 0, until it is at the last element of the Array and it print these element.
The for loop does something over and over again.
The first part of the for loop, int i = 0 sets up a variable.
The second part i < SampleArray.length is the 'terminating condition' - it's the condition that has to remain true before each iteration of the loop.
The last part i++ is what happens after each iteration - i gets incremented.
So we are printing each element within SampleArray. i goes between 0 and the one less than the number of elements in the array. (e.g. if the array contained 4 elements, i would be 0 to 3, which is what we want).
And in the body of the loop, the [i] bit selects that element from SampleArray, and that is the value that gets printed on each line.
Another way of looking at it: SampleArray supports the [] operator, which when applied, will return an element from the array.
I'm trying to use a bubble sort to alphabetize an array that I've read into a program. The code compiles without error but I get an Array Index Out Of Bounds Exception on my 'if' construct when I try to run the program. I have initialized int i to 0 to account for the first index of the array so I think my error is elsewhere. I'm not asking anyone to write code for me, just maybe a point in the right direction. Thanks for any help.
public static String[] bubbleSort(String[] inL)
{
String temp;
int i = 0, passNum;
for(passNum = 1; passNum <= (inL.length); i++) // controls passes through bubble sort
{
if(inL[i].compareToIgnoreCase(inL[i + 1]) < 0)
{
temp = inL[i];
inL[i] = inL[i + 1];
inL[i + 1] = temp;
}
}
return inL; // returns sorted array
} // end bubbleSort method
You compare passNum instead of i against the length of the array. Since passNum is never modified, the loop condition is always true, and i gets incremented until it exceeds the range of the array.
Even if this particular issue is resolved, you may still run into problems with off-by-one errors with your current implementation. Consider whether you should compare i against inL.length - 1.
You never increment passNum so i continues incrementing forever. Also, array indexing in Java is based at 0. That means that the largest valid index is inL.length - 1. Since the body of your loop accesses inL[i+1], you should arrange your code so that i never exceeds inL.length - 2. At a minimum, you should change <= to < in the for loop termination test. (However, the logic of your comparison and incrementing escapes me; you need to fix that as well.)
Array.length stores the total length of an array, starting counting at 1.
The first index in an array however is 0, meaning that the last index is length-1.
adjust your check in your for-loop to fix the error
Your problem is the passNum <= (inL.length) it should be passNum < (inL.length) due to 0 being the first index of an array in java