Thread: Java phone book with array PLEASE HELP

Here is my code. i have to creat a phone book in whcih you can add entries. find them. list all entries. and quit. the entries are to be put in an array as a class. Please tell me whats wrong with it and how i can search for a name and then pull the number and notes that go with that name and return it to the user. please and thank you! The code compiles fine but when i try to excecute the find option it errors. also i dont know how i would go about listing all the entries in the phone book. and im not even sure if they way i did the add an entry part works properly. it seems to when excecuting it in the program but i dont know if it actually stores it in the array or not.

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
public class phonebook {
 
 
 
 
	public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException{
 
 
		int counter = 0;
		String name, number, notes;
		char firstcommand;
 
 
 
		System.out.print("Codes or names are entered with 1 to 8 characters. Use e to make a new entry, f to find an entry, l to list all current entries, and q to quit.");
 
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		System.out.print("Please chose an option:  ");
 
			firstcommand = (char)System.in.read();
 
			while (firstcommand != 'q'){
				System.out.print("Please chose an option:  ");
				firstcommand = (char)System.in.read();
				if (firstcommand == 'e') {
					 System.out.print("Enter the code or name: ");
					 name = input.next();
					 System.out.print("Enter number: ");
					 number =input.next();
					 System.out.print("Enter any notes or press space then enter to leave blank:  ");
					 notes = input.next(); 
 
					while (counter <100){ Entry entryList = new Entry();
					 	if (counter >= 100) {
					 		System.out.print("phonebook is full");
					 		break;
					 	}
					entryList.name = name;
					 	entryList.notes = notes;
					 	entryList.number = number;
					 		counter ++;
					}
				}
 
 
					else if (firstcommand == 'f') {
				String find;
				int index;
 
 
				System.out.print("Please enter the name or code you wish to find");
				find = input.next();
				index = Arrays.binarySearch( Entry.entryList, find);   
			System.out.print(index);
					}
 
			}
	}
}
 
//here is my sperate class called Entry
 
public class Entry {
 
 
	public static Entry[] entryList = new Entry[100]; 
	 public String name;
	public  String number;
	public  String notes;
 
}

Please tell me whats wrong with it

Can you explain what the problem with the program is? Does it compile ok? What happens when you execute it?
If it needs code for some feature, describe what the steps the program should take to get the feature to work.

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What about the questions I asked?

main problem i have right now is that i need to user to be able to put in the name part of a name number and notes entry, and have it return the number and notes that go with it

Can you be more specific on the problem?
Which part is the problem:
Read the name
find the name
return some data


One problem: I don't see where you put Entry objects into the array hold the Entry objects: entryList

The entryList array should not be in the Entry class.

Where do you add the Entry objects you create to the array?

You put values into an array by assigning the value to a slot in the array at an index's location:
theArray[theIndex] = theValue;

I don't see where you do that.

Those are the values put into the Entry object you create. Then what do you do with that Entry object?
You need to assign it to a slot in the array.