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Thread: Java Recursion reversing my strings

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    Default Java Recursion reversing my strings

     
    import java.util.ArrayList;
     
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
     
     
    public class ReverseWords {
     
         static Scanner Scan = new Scanner (System.in);
     
     
     
        public static void main(String args[]) {
     
            System.out.println("Enter a list of words, one per line.  Final word should be a period (.)");
     
            String words = Scan.nextLine();
     
            reverseRecursively (words);
     
        }
     
     
     
     
     
        public static void reverseRecursively(String words)
     
        {
     
            int i;
     
            ArrayList<String> WordLists = new ArrayList<String>();
     
            for ( i = 0; i < WordLists.toArray().length; i++)
     
                WordLists.add(words);
     
            if (words.equals("."))
     
            {
     
     
     
                    System.out.println(WordLists.toArray()[i]);
     
                System.out.println("Period");
     
            }
     
            else
     
            {
     
                System.out.println("Enter New Word");
     
                    words = Scan.nextLine();
     
                WordLists.add(words);
     
                reverseRecursively(words);
     
            }
     
        }
     
    }

    Please help me. Why isn't my code working?


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    Default Re: Java Recursion reversing my strings

    You tell us. What does the code do exactly? What happened when you stepped through it with a debugger, or at least added some print statements, to determine exactly where the program's execution differs from what you expect?
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    Default Re: Java Recursion reversing my strings

    The mode is supposed to take one word at a time from the user, for example, "Tim" "Likes" "Dogs" ".". When the period is entered it will end the recursion and return "Dogs" "Like" "Time". When I added Print statements it was recognizing the period and when to continue. It just refuses to output the actual words.

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    Default Re: Java Recursion reversing my strings

    Step through your code one line at a time.

    You get a single String which presumably holds multiple words and a period.
    You pass that String into your reverseRecursively method.
    You create a new ArrayList, which is empty.
    You iterate over that ArrayList, which again is empty, and add each item (there are no items) to the ArrayList again for some reason.
    You then check whether the whole String (which is a full sentence) is a period or not.
    If it is you print out the word at the i index. But since your ArrayList is empty, i will always be zero.
    If it's not, you ask for a new sentence and repeat the process.

    Why did you expect this code to work?
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    Default Re: Java Recursion reversing my strings

    been up for 24+ hours. I have been literally trying everything and this was the closet I came to actually getting input.

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    Sounds like it's time for a good night's sleep. Then take a step back and really think about what you need to do, one small step at a time. Recommended reading: http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...e-posting.html
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    Thanks mate. Been doing this for the better part of 7 hours. Just getting annoyed/desperate haha. Thanks again.

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