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How to terminate if string is repeated

Jan 22nd, 2009

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import javax.swing.*;
public class A {
 
	public static void main (String args[]){
		String ask = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter");
		if(ask.equals("hello")){
			System.out.println("ok.");
			main(args);
		}else if(isRepeat(ask)){
			System.out.println("Invalid,string has been repeated.");
			System.exit(0);
		}
	}
	public static boolean isRepeat(String ask){
		if(ask.equals("hello")){
			return true;
		}else{
			return false;
		}
	}
}
import javax.swing.*;
public class A {
	
	public static void main (String args[]){
		String ask = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter");
		if(ask.equals("hello")){
			System.out.println("ok.");
			main(args);
		}else if(isRepeat(ask)){
			System.out.println("Invalid,string has been repeated.");
			System.exit(0);
		}
	}
	public static boolean isRepeat(String ask){
		if(ask.equals("hello")){
			return true;
		}else{
			return false;
		}
	}
}

Hello, I am having problems with my code. IF i input again the "hello", it still prints out "ok". How can I terminate the program, if i input again "hello"?.Please help me. Thank you for the help in advance.

Last edited by l_03; Jan 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pm.

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Re: How to terminate if string is repeated

Jan 23rd, 2009

Insert all the Strings that the user enters in to the args[] string array, since this array is being passed to each successive call of main, So you will have a list of all entered keywords in this array.

In order to check for repetitions just check if the entered word is present in the args[] array.

But instead of calling the main recursively I recommend you delegate this responsibility to some other method and let that method call itself recursively.

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Re: How to terminate if string is repeated

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Originally Posted by stephen84s

But instead of calling the main recursively I recommend you delegate this responsibility to some other method and let that method call itself recursively.

I agree.