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Kirk Yale
2,194 Pointstrying to change the plural to singular and then back in output
Below is a practice application I'm playing with. Not sure why the output is not showing the correct plural/singular. Can anyone help?
public class PopSong2 { public static void main(String[] args) { int cans = 99; while (cans >= 1) { System.out.printf("%d cans of pop in the cooler. %d cans of pop. %n", cans, cans); if (cans == 1) { System.out.printf("%d can of pop in the cooler. %d can of pop. %n", cans, cans); } cans = cans - 1; System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around. %d cans of pop in the cooler. %n", cans); } System.out.printf("There are no more cans of pop left in the cooler! :( %n"); System.out.printf("You drank them all! %n"); System.out.printf("Now, You can stop singing. %n"); } }
3 Answers
Fernando Boza
25,384 PointsHey Kirk you're really close you just need to think about the flow of if cans > 1 then do this also don't forget to format your code properly with mark up. I added some comments in the code snippet below. Basically inside the while loop we need to see if cans is greater or > than 1, then print plural , else print singular
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int cans = 10;
while (cans > 0) {
if (cans > 1) { // here we're checking if cans 10 - 2 is greater than one than print plural
System.out.printf("%d cans of pop in the cooler. %d cans of pop. %n", cans, cans);
} else { // else print singular
System.out.printf("%d can of pop in the cooler. %d can of pop. %n", cans, cans);
}
cans = cans - 1;
if(cans > 1 ){ // we have to add the same conditional here for these sentences as well
System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around. %d cans of pop in the cooler. %n", cans);
} else {
System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around. %d can of pop in the cooler. %n", cans);
}
}
System.out.printf("There are no more cans of pop left in the cooler! :( %n");
System.out.printf("You drank them all! %n");
System.out.printf("Now, You can stop singing. %n");
}
}
Kirk Yale
2,194 PointsHi, Fernando! When I execute the code snippet you provided in IntelliJ IDEA is has the following output:
3 cans of pop in the cooler. 3 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 2 cans of pop in the cooler 2 cans of pop in the cooler. 2 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 1 cans of pop in the cooler <--it appears the single can is still printing as a plural) 1 cans of pop in the cooler. 1 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 0 cans of pop in the cooler There are no more cans of pop in the cooler! :( You drank them all! Now, you can stop singing.
Process finished with exit code 0
I appreciate your help with this.
Kirk
Kirk Yale
2,194 PointsHere's the final program
public class PopSong6 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int cans = 10;
while (cans > 0) {
if (cans > 1) { // here we're checking if cans 10 - 2 is greater than one than print plural
System.out.printf("%d cans of pop in the cooler. %d cans of pop. %n", cans, cans);
} else { // else print singular
System.out.printf("%d can of pop in the cooler. %d can of pop. %n", cans, cans);
}
cans = cans - 1;
if(cans > 1 || cans == 0){ // we have to add the same conditional here for these sentences as well
System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around. %d cans of pop in the cooler. %n", cans);
} else {
System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around. %d can of pop in the cooler. %n", cans);
}
}
System.out.printf("There are no more cans of pop left in the cooler! :( %n");
System.out.printf("You drank them all! %n");
System.out.printf("Now, You can stop singing. %n");
}
}
Fernando Boza
25,384 PointsCHEAA i just ran it and it runs smoothly! Good job man, be sure to keep up the training!
Kirk Yale
2,194 PointsKirk Yale
2,194 PointsHi, Fernando! Thanks for the help. I am still getting the wrong output when I run this code. It doesn't look like it ever executes the else. I am sure this is all newbie mistakes and I'm not far along enough in my studies to understand this, but I'm wondering if I'm still missing something, or if I am trying to make the sequence of words print something it can't since the int changes before the next loop iteration... here's another try:
public class PopSong4 { public static void main(String[] args) { int cans = 10; String word; while (cans > 0) { if (cans > 1) { word = "cans"; } else { word = "can"; //singular } System.out.printf("%d %s of pop in the cooler. %d %s of pop. %n", cans, word); cans = cans -1; System.out.printf("Take one down and pass it around, %d %s of pop in the cooler. %n", cans, word); } System.out.printf("There are no more cans of pop left in the cooler! :( %n"); System.out.printf("You drank them all! %n"); System.out.printf("Now you can stop singing. %n"); } }Output:
4 cans of pop in the cooler. 4 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 3 cans of pop in the cooler 3 cans of pop in the cooler. 3 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 2 cans of pop in the cooler 2 cans of pop in the cooler. 2 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 1 cans of pop in the cooler 1 cans of pop in the cooler. 1 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 0 cans of pop in the cooler There are no more cans of pop in the cooler! :( You drank them all! Now, you can stop singing.
Process finished with exit code 0
I want it to say this: ...2 cans of pop in the cooler. 2 cans of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 1 can of pop in the cooler 1 can of pop in the cooler. 1 can of pop. Take one down and pass it around. 0 cans of pop in the cooler.
Thanks for any help you can give. Call me persistent :)
Fernando Boza
25,384 PointsFernando Boza
25,384 Pointshave you tried the code snippet i pasted. It only runs the singular case of can when it is referring to one can.
Kirk Yale
2,194 PointsKirk Yale
2,194 PointsIt turns out that I was not selecting the correct class application in IntelliJ IDEA, so I was compiling the wrong code the whole time. Once I figured that out and selected the correct class application (your code), it gave the desired output :) Thank you!
Kirk