My full code is pasted here. Below are the 2 methods that are related to my question.
private static boolean playGameAgain()
{
char playAgain = 'y';
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
while(playAgain != 'n')
{
System.out.println("Go again?(y/n)");
/// PROBLEM HERE.... Somehow, it will NOT wait for INPUT. It just throws an error
playAgain = input.next().charAt(0);
}
input.close();
return (playAgain != 'y')?false:true;
}
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public static void initialize(ArrayList<String> names, ArrayList<Integer> scores)
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
System.out.println("Enter the name for score #" + i + ":");
names.add(input.nextLine());
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Enter the score for score #" + i + ":");
while(!input.hasNextInt())
{
//input.nextLine();
System.out.println("Please input a valid integer value for the score for #" + i + ":");
if(!input.hasNextInt())
input.nextLine();
}
scores.add(input.nextInt());
input.nextLine();
}
input.close();
}
I have tried many combinations of how to read in one character. This used to work, that I could read in one character by using:
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
char temp = input.next().charAt(0);
But, somehow, in this program I wrote, it won't work.
It's a program that will read in 5 user names (strings) & 5 scores (integers) and put them in 2 arrays. It will sort the arrays in descending order and then it will print them out. So, the only problem I have is asking if they want to play again and taking some char input to see if they want to play again (y/n)?
Please help if you can. I've tried many combinations of: if (input.hasNext()), to no avail.
