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Thread: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

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    Default ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    Dear Friends:

    The if statement in the while loop Line 50 is always wrong. I don't see anything wrong in it. If a pair of same numbers are put in the array, it runs well. If there is no such a pair the array is out of boundary. Could you see and fix the problem?

    Thank you very much and the best regards!

    John
    import java.io.*;
    import java.math.*;
    import cs1.Keyboard;
    public class Try{
     public static void main(String[] args){
     
     int i, limit = 11;
      BigInteger[]C = new BigInteger[limit];
      C[1] = new BigInteger("1004");
      C[2] = new BigInteger("1000");
      C[3] = new BigInteger("1124");
      C[4] = new BigInteger("1034");
      C[5] = new BigInteger("1035");
      C[6] = new BigInteger("1023");
      C[7] = new BigInteger("1001");
      C[8] = new BigInteger("1101");
      C[9] = new BigInteger("1122");
      C[10] = new BigInteger("1114");
     
      System.out.println(" They are sorted as below:\n");
      BigInteger min = new BigInteger("0");
      BigInteger temp = new BigInteger("0");
      int j,minindex;
      for( i = 1; i< limit; i++ )
      {
       min = C[i];
       minindex = i;
       for(j = i+1; j < limit; j++ )
        if( C[j].compareTo(min) < 0 )  
        {
          min = C[j];
          minindex = j;
        }
     
        if( min.compareTo(C[i]) < 0 )
        {
          temp = C[i];
          C[i] = min;
          C[minindex] = temp;
         }
       }  
      for( i = 1; i < limit; i++ )
      System.out.println(" C["+i+"] = "+C[i]);
     
     System.out.println(" Stop where same numberw occur:\n");
     i = 0;
     while( i < limit )
     {
         i++;
         if(C[i].equals(C[i-1]))
         {
           System.out.println(" C["+i+"] = C["+(i-1)+" = "+C[i]);
           break;
         }
         System.out.println(" C["+i+"] = "+C[i]);
       }
      System.out.println(" Done.");
     }
    }
    Last edited by helloworld922; May 28th, 2010 at 10:00 PM. Reason: please use [code] tags


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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    I didn't really give the code a good look but my first was at the array and it started with 1, normally a array starts at 0, and I saw the code:
    for( i = 1; i < limit; i++ )
    wich I think may be a problem. Try
    for( i = 1; i <= limit; i++ )

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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    Thank you Bryan. I don't have problem with that line. If you copy and paste the whole code on Source Editor, the problem is on Line 50: if (C[ i ].equals( C[ i - 1 ] ). Nothing seems to be wrong here, but it is so after it is run.

    Regards.

    John

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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    while( i < limit )
    {
    i++;
    What happens here if i = limit-1

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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    What happens here if i = limit-1
    Norm hit the nail on the head. You increment i before you actually use i, so
    while ( i < limit ){//when  i = limit - 1
    i++;
    //now i = limit. C[11] is out of bounds of the array

    Why not just use a for loop rather than a while loop?

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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    Dear Copeg, Norm, and Bryan:

    I tried while( i < ( limit - 1 )) and it works! Thank you very much indeed for your clever suggestion! Have a nice day!

    Regards.

    John

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    Default Re: ArrayOutofBoundary in Simple While Loop

    hello, delete the i++ in the while loop and use while( i++ < limit ) instead.

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