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Thread: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

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    Default Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    This is the question:
    An array chosen contains n distinct integers arranged in no particular order.
    Another array winners contains m distinct integers arranged in ascending order.
    Write efficient code to determine how many of the numbers in chosen appear in
    winners

    package worksheet6Quest25;
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class ArrayCompareNumbers{
    	public static void main (String []args){
    	Scanner in =new Scanner(System.in);
    	int []chosen= {5, 8, 4, 9 ,1, 7, 0};
    	int []winner= {1, 4, 6, 8, 0, 3};
    	int m;
    	int n;
    	int count=0;
    	for (m=0;m< m-1; m++)
    	{
    	   for (n=0; n<n-1; n++)
    	   {  	
    		 if (chosen[n]==winner[m])
    		 {
    			 count++;
     
    		 }
     
    	   }
    	System.out.printf ("%d", count) ; 
    	}
    }
    }


    My output is blank.


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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    Your first step should be to debug the program either by using a debugger or simply adding print statements. That's going to be a lot faster than posting to a forum. But I'll give you a hint:

    Look at this for loop:

    for (m=0;m< m-1; m++)

    When will that ever be true?
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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    should be :
    for (i=0;i< =m; m++)

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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    Okay, and what happened when you changed it to that? What happened when you stepped through a debugger or added some print statements to figure out where the program's execution differs from your expectations?
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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    I changed it to that and also debugged, that same line gives a problem.

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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    What problem does it give you?

    Similarly, when will your code enter this for loop?

    for (n=0; n<n-1; n++)
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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    Thread [main] (Suspended (The local variable m may not have been initialized))
    ArrayCompareNumbers.main(String[]) line: 14
    I should probably take out one of the for loops since they are consecutive.

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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    You should post your modified code so that we're looking at the same thing.

    I'm also not sure what you mean by taking out one of the for loops. Do you need them or do you not need them?
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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    I ran out of time and had to submit. However, this week miss will go through the correct solutions in class.
    Thanks for time and assistance.

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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    I suppose that's a lesson in time management, which is an important lesson to learn.

    I would suggest becoming more familiar with the process of debugging instead of trying random things. Working through a problem is the actual lesson behind your assignments, and simply looking at the correct syntax won't teach you that.

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    Default Re: Arrays- assignment due in 30 mins!!

    What is m? What is n? You are supposed to assign m and n with the length those array.
    Also, you do not need Scanner in =new Scanner(System.in);

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