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Thread: Loop & custom exception error Please help

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    Default Loop & custom exception error Please help

    Below is a method i am using which contains a for loop. it loops through the words in the array and if the input doesnt match one of the strings in the array, it throws an exception, well thats the idea anyway. But it is throwing the exception when it gets a match, as well as not getting a match... Any help would be greatly appreciated


    public static void englishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
    {

    for (int x=0; x<englishWords.length; x++)
    {
    if (input.equals(englishWords[x]))
    {
    Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(irishWords[x]);
    }
    else
    {
    throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
    }
    }
    }
    }


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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    But it is throwing the exception when it gets a match, as well as not getting a match.
    The posted code throws the exception on the first non-match.
    A better way would be to only throw the exception after all of the items in the list had been examined and no match had been found. Use a boolean variable to record that a match had been found and test that variable after the loop ends.

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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    I have tried that, and still it throws the error, im now loosing my patience

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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    I have tried that, and still it throws the error
    Post the code that shows what you did.
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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    public static void irishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
    {
    boolean error = false;
    for (int x=0; x<irishWords.length; x++)
    {
    if (input.equalsIgnoreCase(irishWords[x]))
    {
    Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(englishWords[x]);
    }
    else
    {
    }

    if (error == true)
    {
    throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
    }
    }
    }

    --- Update ---

    i had The else as error = true in the above code;

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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    Have you solved the problem?

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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    Hi sorry about this, still not solved, here is the method with the suggested fix
    public static void irishWordExist(String input) throws WordDoesntExistException
    {
    boolean error = false;
    for (int x=0; x<irishWords.length; x++)
    {
    if (input.equalsIgnoreCase(irishWords[x]))
    {
    Assignment2GUI.outputLabel.setText(englishWords[x]);
    }
    else
    {
    error = true;
    }

    if (error == true)
    {
    throw new WordDoesntExistException("This Word Is Not In The Dictionary");
    }
    }
    }

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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    Your use of the error variable is reversed. You want to change its value when a match is found. A better name for the variable would be matchFound.
    Then at the end of the loop the code can test its value to see if a match was found and throw the exception if no match was found.
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    Default Re: Loop & custom exception error Please help

    OMG, you are an absolute legend, thank you so much, i sincerely appreciate it

    Im such an idiot....

    Thanks again
    Dave

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