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    Default Rather Basic Question

    Hi all, I'm new to Java programming(and programming itself) and was looking for a website such this, to get some help once in a while and find some answers to my questions...I read the forum's principles, won't ask u to write my programs at all lol, just need to make myself better.

    anyway, for a start, I have a question about manipulating the numbers of a long int...like how do I choose to work with the second number from right of a 10 digits number?
    I have arrays in mind...manipulating the numbers would have been easy if I choose each number go to one slot of my array ,but I don't like it this way, cuz when I run my program, it asks from the user to to put number 1, press enter, then put number 2, press enter and so on, as I wrote it here:
    Scanner x = new Scanner(System.in);
     
    		int num[] = new int[10];
     
    			for( int counter=1; counter<num.length; counter++){
    			num[counter] = x.nextInt();

    I wanted the user to put the whole number in, and then I manipulate for example 4th digit of the number from left!

    And also, needed to know how I can make it to accept exactly between 8-12 digits, nothing more or nothing less...

    hope I'm not breaking any rules , if I am, let me know!


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    Default Re: Rather Basic Question

    You could use string manipulation and parse methods from the Wrapper class.

    Wrapper Class

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    Default Re: Rather Basic Question

    make it to accept exactly between 8-12 digits, nothing more or nothing less...
    You can check if the number entered by the user is in the desired range and if not ask the user again for a number in the desired range. The code would be in a loop that wouldn't exit until the used entered a number in range.
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    You could use string manipulation and parse methods from the Wrapper class.

    I guess what I actually need is a method that gets a long integer, and changes it into an array of integers :/
    what Parse methods do is changing between strings and integers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ashl7 View Post
    Hi all, I'm new to Java programming(and programming itself) and was looking for a website such this, to get some help once in a while and find some answers to my questions...I read the forum's principles, won't ask u to write my programs at all lol, just need to make myself better.

    anyway, for a start, I have a question about manipulating the numbers of a long int...like how do I choose to work with the second number from right of a 10 digits number?
    I have arrays in mind...manipulating the numbers would have been easy if I choose each number go to one slot of my array ,but I don't like it this way, cuz when I run my program, it asks from the user to to put number 1, press enter, then put number 2, press enter and so on, as I wrote it here:
    Scanner x = new Scanner(System.in);
     
    		int num[] = new int[10];
     
    			for( int counter=1; counter<num.length; counter++){
    			num[counter] = x.nextInt();

    I wanted the user to put the whole number in, and then I manipulate for example 4th digit of the number from left!

    And also, needed to know how I can make it to accept exactly between 8-12 digits, nothing more or nothing less...

    hope I'm not breaking any rules , if I am, let me know!
    Our numbering system uses base 10, so the second number from the right is the 100's column. Modulus divide the long integer by 100. {n%100, where n is the number} Then normal '/' divide by 10 to get that digit.
    You then have the second to right digit without using Strings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ashl7 View Post
    I guess what I actually need is a method that gets a long integer, and changes it into an array of integers :/
    what Parse methods do is changing between strings and integers!
    If you really need to use Strings then convert the long to a String with the toString() method. From there you can create a character array with toCharArray() or split the string using split(). (The latter is a bit more tricky)

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    check if the number entered by the user is in the desired range
    The range of numbers I was talking about is 10000000 to 999999999999 ( lowest 8 digit number to highest 12 digit number)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Starstreak View Post
    Our numbering system uses base 10, so the second number from the right is the 100's column. Modulus divide the long integer by 100. {n%100, where n is the number} Then normal '/' divide by 10 to get that digit.
    You then have the second to right digit without using Strings.


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    If you really need to use Strings then convert the long to a String with the toString() method. From there you can create a character array with toCharArray() or split the string using split(). (The latter is a bit more tricky)
    That is great...thanks a lot, I don't think I even need an array anymore!!! . I'm not really good working with string methods...not that professional yet lol

    but let's say I made a Char array...I want to add or subtract some of the numbers in this char array together, is that possible?! I mean those numbers are not integer anymore, they are characters!

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    btw, how can I get a long int?

    for an int is the method below, but I'm not sure I can use it for 16 digit integer
    Scanner x = new Scanner(System.in)
    int num = x.nextInt()

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    how can I get a long int?
    long is a primitive data type.
    See the tutorial: Primitive Data Types (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Language Basics)
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    so, it means we can't get a long int from the user?! and we can't use it as an object?
    In C it was easy we just used scanf, but in java...

    basically I wanted to the user put in a 15 digit number, now I'm not sure it would be easier working with arrays, or long int...cuz later on I want to work with each digit of that number!

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    There is no long int. There is an int and there is a long. See the link in post#8
    Also read the API doc for the Scanner class to see what its methods can read.


    You can read a 15 digit number and you can create an object with it.
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    thanks, didn't know about API doc!!!
    what's the difference of using nextLong(radix) and nextLong()?
    it says in the description at the bottom that : radix - the radix used to interpret the token as an int value
    so if i don't type radix in parenthesises, it will interpret the token as float or something else?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    The range of numbers I was talking about is 10000000 to 999999999999 ( lowest 8 digit number to highest 12 digit number)
    when I use it in my loop it says : The literal 1000000000000 of type int is out of range!!!!!

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    You need to learn how to use google to research terms you don't understand like radix.

    Also reading the link I posted would help.

    Here is another link for the API doc:
    Java Platform SE 7
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    ok I used your help to do my program...I wrote it, but there is some problem in it that I can't figure out...
    here is the summary of the problem:

    let's say we have a 15 digits number ; we'll do the following to it:

    Double every second digit from right to left. If doubling of a digit results in a two-digit number, add up the two digits to get a single-digit number.

    Now add all single-digit numbers from above and show the result
    -----------------------------------------

    I made a small program to test it and see if it works
    I assumed my number is 12523574
    step one should be : 7*2=14>>5 , 3*2=6 , 5*2=10 >>1 , 1*2=2
    step 2: 5+6+1+2 =14

    now my code is below:

    import java.util.*;
    public class Test {
     
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
     
     
    		long cc=12523574;
     
    		long i,j,u;
        	        long sum = 0;
     
        	for( long q = 100; q < 100000000; q*=100){
     
        		long p = q/10;
        		i = cc%q;
        		j = i/p;
        		u =2*j;
     
        		if(j>=10 && j<100){
        			long k= j%10;
        			long y= j/10;
        			long r= k + y;
     
        			sum+= r;
     
        		}
        		else if(j<10){
        			sum += u;
        		}
     
     
     
        	}
     
     
     
     
    		System.out.println("\nsum " + sum);		
     
    		}

    but it keeps getting me 30!!! can u pls give me hint where my problem is? I'm out of ideas!
    Last edited by Norm; March 5th, 2013 at 09:20 PM. Reason: change quote tags to code

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    Try printing out the results at each step and compare them to the results you get manually to see where the program is going wrong.
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    Got it, I'm so stupid and thanks much
    it was in my if loop...I should have had variable u instead of j!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ashl7 View Post
    I'm done with the program that I was working on,it was a part of writing a program to validate credit card numbers
    now I'm off to start writing another program ) which mostly has to do with strings, which I kind of suck at!!

    if I get a string from a user, how can I separate the digits and characters of it?! like if I want him to enter a name, and he enters something like jo7n, how can can I tell that's not a name?

    I browsed javadoc, but it's a huge list of methods and classes, and for me, a beginner, I don't really know how to centralize my search in it...or where to look for specifically in all that information! any hint on where to start with?
    Start a new thread for that. Meanwhile look in the API under either:
    Matcher (Java Platform SE 7 )
    or
    String (Java Platform SE 7 )

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