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Question_Guy
Question_Guy

Reputation: 333

I want to check for both negative number and non-number

I have code to check for non numbers but also wish to include a check for negative numbers. If the number is negative or not a number, they have to re-enter info. I tried putting an if(depValue < 0).... after try{ and before catch but that didn't work. It doesn't make sense to me if I were to put the if statement after the while loop. 

String depIn = "";
BufferedReader depositInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
while(true){
     System.out.print("Amount to deposit: ");                   
     depIn = depositInput.readLine();
     double depValue = 0.00;
     try{
          depValue = Double.parseDouble(depIn);
          break;
     }
     catch(NumberFormatException ne){
          System.out.println("You did not enter a number!");
     }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 193

Answers (2)

Peter Lawrey
Peter Lawrey

Reputation: 533870

You can break out of the loop when you have the number you need.

double depValue;
while(true){
     System.out.print("Amount to deposit: ");                   
     depIn = depositInput.readLine();
     try {
          if ((depValue = Double.parseDouble(depIn)) > 0)
              break;
          System.out.println("The number needs to be positive!");
     } catch(NumberFormatException ne) {
          System.out.println("You did not enter a number!");
     }
}

Upvotes: 1

ControlAltDel
ControlAltDel

Reputation: 35106

Put it in the same try catch block, and just display the error message from the caught NumberFormatException

 try{
      depValue = Double.parseDouble(depIn);
      if (depValue < 0) throw new NumberFormatException("Negative value not acceptable!");
      break;
 }
 catch(NumberFormatException ne){
      ne.printStackTrace();
 }

Upvotes: 0

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