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How do I populate Java arrays?
Posted on 2013-01-03
Hi,
I am trying to understand the below code snippets. Can an experts expand upon these code snippets to help me understand how they can be populated and used in a real world example? They are helper methods to get me started writting a lottery program where the user can select up to 20 bets (one bet is a set of six numbers) for a random lottery draw.
Thanks.
I am trying to understand the below code snippets. Can an experts expand upon these code snippets to help me understand how they can be populated and used in a real world example? They are helper methods to get me started writting a lottery program where the user can select up to 20 bets (one bet is a set of six numbers) for a random lottery draw.
private static void printAllBets(int [] [] allBets, int NUMBER_OF_BETS, int BET_SIZE)
{
//use nested for loop to print all bets
for(int outer = 0; outer < NUMBER_OF_BETS ; outer++)
{
for(int inner = 0; inner < BET_SIZE ; inner++)
{
System.out.println(outer +" " +inner +"\n");
}//end inner loop
}//end outer loop
}
private static void addBet(int [] [] allBets, int [] newBet, int row)
{
//add newBet to allBets at row
for (int loop = 0; loop < newBet.length; loop++)
{
allBets[row][loop] = newBet [loop];
}//end for loop
}// end addBet
private static int[] getBet(int [] [] allBets, int row)
{
//get six integers from row
int [] temp;
for (int loop = 0; loop < row; loop++)
{
//store in array
temp [loop] = allBets [row] [loop];
// return array
return temp;
}
}//end method getBet
Thanks.
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An array of anything is denoted by the use of square brackets "[]" or multiple square brackets , one pair per array dimension. Arrays start their series at an index of zero. All you have to do is allocate the appropriate type of object or primitive to each index array position.The easiest way to do this is using loops, as in your examples, with nested loops catering for arrays with several dimensions. The alternative is to declare the array with its members all at one time, which may not be appropriate, and can mean extra coding work when it is often easier to let the loop do the work, incrementing the indexes and the values they hold in one instruction.
krakatoa,
Could you write some code within my code snippets to describe a basic use of my attached methods? I'm just struggling to understand how the methods can be used, for example, how the below line can be used:
Thanks.
Could you write some code within my code snippets to describe a basic use of my attached methods? I'm just struggling to understand how the methods can be used, for example, how the below line can be used:
private static void addBet(int [] [] allBets, int [] newBet, int row)
Thanks.
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Not sure that my writing anything is going to clarify things more than they already are, as you already have the code, and you appreciate what it's aiming to do. But I can say that the above line you quote is a method which takes three parameters - an two-dimensioned int array, a one dimension int array, and then an int. These three values then need to be processed in the method, to by the looks of it - add a bet. The arguments can be used to do anything your application needs or sees fit to calculate - odds, payouts, whatever. Your method can return direct results to whomever called it, and/or store the information in tables or vectors or whatever. I can't see any specific problem here for you, and you are not really mentioning any such.
Best would be for you to complete the logic, and / or use the model in your question to code it up yourself. Once you have that code and it actually yields some results, then we can see which, if any, problems emerge from it and attend to them.
Best would be for you to complete the logic, and / or use the model in your question to code it up yourself. Once you have that code and it actually yields some results, then we can see which, if any, problems emerge from it and attend to them.
So how will I use this to add a bet? For example, I have the below code that prompts the user for 6 lottery numbers then matches these to a 6 random number draw to declare if the user is a winner or not. How would I use the addBet method to allow the user to place multiple bets (each bets is a set of 6 numbers) before the final draw is made? Obviously I would somehow have to pin a username against multiple bets so I can match winners to bets?
Thanks.
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
public class LotteryNumbers
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println( "Play Lottery : 6/49" + "\n");
// Part 1: Pick six numbers, between 1 and 49.
// and put them in an arry of six numbers
int [] P = new int [6];
// Create a Scanner input from keyboard
System.out.println("Part1: \n");
System.out.println( "£1 for a line of six numbers. Play!" + "\n");
System.out.println("Enter your lottery numbers - enter one number at a time.");
for (int index =0; index <6; index++)
{
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.print("# " + (index+1) + ": ");
P[index] = keyboard.nextInt();
}
while (
(P[0] < 1|| P[0] >49)||
(P[1] < 1|| P[1] >49)||
(P[2] < 1|| P[2] >49)||
(P[3] < 1|| P[3] >49)||
(P[4] < 1|| P[4] >49)||
(P[5] < 1|| P[5] >49)
||
P[0] == P[1] || P[0] == P[2] || P[0] ==P[3] || P[0]== P[4] || P[0] ==P[5]||
P[1] == P[2] || P[1] ==P[3] || P[1] ==P[4] || P[1]== P[5] ||
P[2] == P[3] || P[2] ==P[4] || P[2] ==P[5] ||
P[3] == P[4] || P[3] ==P[5] ||
P[4] == P[5]
)
{
System.out.println( "Error: Please use numbers between 1 and 49 inclusive, and no repititions");
for (int index =0; index <6; index++)
{
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.print(" Pick # " + (index+1) + ": ");
P[index] = keyboard.nextInt();
}
}
// Part 1B": Put your numbers pick in increasing order. Sort the numbers from lowest to highest.
int startScan, index, minIndex, minValue;
for ( startScan= 0; startScan <(P.length-1); startScan++)
{
minIndex = startScan;
minValue = P[startScan];
for ( index = startScan +1; index <P.length; index++)
{
if (P[index] < minValue)
{
minValue = P[index];
minIndex =index;
}
}
P[minIndex] = P[startScan];
P[startScan] =minValue;
}
System.out. println ( "This is the sorted list of your numbers:");
for (int j =0; j <P.length; j++)
System.out.print ( P[j] + " ");
System.out.println ("End of part 1 \n\n");
System.out.println();
// Part 2: Generate 6 random numbers for lottery draw
System.out.println( "Part2:");
// Create a Random class object.
// Let the lottery numbers be:
int N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6 ; // random numbers
Random randomNumber = new Random();
// Let
N1=1; N2 = 1; N3 = 1; N4 = 1; N5=1; N6= 1;
while ( N1 <1 || N2 <1 || N3 <1 || N4 <1 ||N5 < 1 || N6 <1 ||
N1==N2 || N1==N3 || N1==N4 || N1==N5 || N1==N6||
N2==N3 || N2==N4 || N2==N5 || N2==N6 ||
N3==N4 || N3==N5 || N3==N6 ||
N4==N5 || N4==N6 ||
N5==N6
)
{
N1 = randomNumber.nextInt(49); N2 = randomNumber.nextInt(49); N3 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);
N4 = randomNumber.nextInt(49); N5 = randomNumber.nextInt(49); N6 = randomNumber.nextInt(49);
}
// Create an array of the Lottery random numbers
int [] lotteryNumbers = new int[6];
lotteryNumbers[0] = N1; lotteryNumbers[1] = N2; lotteryNumbers[2] = N3;
lotteryNumbers[3] = N4; lotteryNumbers[4] = N5; lotteryNumbers[5] = N6;
System.out. println ("The Random-Draw Lottery Numbers are:");
for (int j =0; j <lotteryNumbers.length; j++)
System.out. println ( "# " + (j+1) + "\t" + lotteryNumbers[j]);
System.out. println ();
// sort the numbers from lowest to highest.
for ( startScan= 0; startScan <(lotteryNumbers.length-1); startScan++)
{
minIndex = startScan;
minValue = lotteryNumbers[startScan];
for ( index = startScan +1; index <lotteryNumbers.length; index++)
{
if (lotteryNumbers[index] < minValue)
{
minValue = lotteryNumbers[index];
minIndex =index;
}
}
lotteryNumbers[minIndex] = lotteryNumbers[startScan];
lotteryNumbers[startScan] =minValue;
}
System.out. println( "This is the sorted list of lottery-draw numbers:");
for (int j =0; j <lotteryNumbers.length; j++)
System.out. print ( lotteryNumbers[j] + " ");
//
System.out.println( "End of part 2 \n\n");
System.out.println();
// Part 3: check lottery numbers - see if P[] == lotteryNumbers[]
// Let
System.out.println( "Part3: lottery check!"+ "\n\n");
int count = 0;
for ( index = 0; index <6;index++)
{
for (int L = 0; L <6; L++)
if ( P[index] == lotteryNumbers[L])
count++;
}
System.out.println("You matched: " + count + " number(s)!");
if( count == 0 )
System.out.println( "Sorry, You are not a winner this time."+ "\n" );
if( count == 1 )
System.out.println( "You win £1."+"\n" );
if( count == 2 )
System.out.println( "You win £2."+"\n");
if( count == 3)
System.out.println( "You win £3."+"\n");
if( count == 4)
System.out.println( "You win £4."+"\n");
if( count == 5)
System.out.println( "You win £50."+"\n");
if( count == 6)
System.out.println( "You win the jackpot of £1000."+"\n");
}
}
Thanks.
You can probably create a Map
Map<String,int[][]> type
String will represent the UserName and int[][] will represent all the bets for that user.
Now if you wants to add bet for perticular user, you can get the existing bet for that user by saying
int[][] allBets = mapName.get("userName");
Now you can call the addBet() function with the below parameter
addBet(allBets, newBet, row);
newBet is array of numbers entered by user
row - it depends if you wants to update existing of create new row.
But the problem with addBets function is you can't increase the size of allBets.
Map<String,int[][]> type
String will represent the UserName and int[][] will represent all the bets for that user.
Now if you wants to add bet for perticular user, you can get the existing bet for that user by saying
int[][] allBets = mapName.get("userName");
Now you can call the addBet() function with the below parameter
addBet(allBets, newBet, row);
newBet is array of numbers entered by user
row - it depends if you wants to update existing of create new row.
But the problem with addBets function is you can't increase the size of allBets.
The helper code snippets were given to me to implement within my project, I just wasn't too sure how to use them. I will read in to maps.
"But the problem with addBets function is you can't increase the size of allBets." - this should be ok as there is a maximum of 20 bets before the lottery draw is to be made.
Thanks.
"But the problem with addBets function is you can't increase the size of allBets." - this should be ok as there is a maximum of 20 bets before the lottery draw is to be made.
Thanks.
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