So I'm going through a bunch of basic programming ideas to help me get the hang of Java and I created a program that will print PI up to the 10th decimal place (and I can add more if I want).
However, I decided to go an extra step and create an option to keep running the program over and over until the user tells it to stop. I created a method to return either true (run again) or false (exit program). Originally I created a scanner in the method to take user input, and the program runs fine that way, but it tells me I have a resource leak because I didn't close the scanner in the method.
I have just passed the input scanner from main to the method as a parameter, but when I run the program it doesn't accept user input and will print out "Sorry, there was an error" (the else{} option in the if-else statement in my method). Now, I can go back and create a seperate scanner but my OCD doesn't want Eclipse telling me there is a resource leak (I think input.close() closes both scanners, but I am not sure).
Here is my code, I apologize to any Java enthusiasts who become smitten and offended at any bad practices I am unaware of, I am learning.
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class PiDecimalFormat {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("#");
int decPlace = 0;
boolean runProgram = true;
System.out.println("This program will print out PI to the decimal place of your choosing.");
while (runProgram == true) {
System.out.print("\nEnter the number of decimal places (up to 10) that \nyou would like to print PI to: ");
decPlace = input.nextInt();
switch (decPlace) {
case 0:
format = new DecimalFormat("#");
break;
case 1:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.#");
break;
case 2:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
break;
case 3:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.###");
break;
case 4:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.####");
break;
case 5:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.#####");
break;
case 6:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.######");
break;
case 7:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.#######");
break;
case 8:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.########");
break;
case 9:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.#########");
break;
case 10:
format = new DecimalFormat("#.##########");
break;
}
System.out.println("\nThe value of PI to " + decPlace + " decimal places is " + format.format(Math.PI) + ".");
runProgram = AskRunAgain(input);
}
input.close();
}
static boolean AskRunAgain(Scanner askUser) {
String userChoice;
System.out.print("\nWould you like to run the program again? [y/n]: ");
userChoice = askUser.nextLine();
if ((userChoice.equals("y")) || (userChoice.equals("Y")) || (userChoice.equals("yes")) ||
(userChoice.equals("Yes")) || (userChoice.equals("YES"))) {
return true;
}
else if ((userChoice.equals("n")) || (userChoice.equals("N")) || (userChoice.equals("no")) ||
(userChoice.equals("No")) || (userChoice.equals("NO"))) {
System.out.println("\nExitting the program. have a good day!");
return false;
}
else {
System.out.println("Sorry, there was an error.");
return false;
}
}
}
If anyone could tell me why it is doing this, I would appreciate it. I'm new to Java (decent with C/C++/C# and Python). I didn't see other questions about this specific problem, and it's not a big deal if I just create another scanner in the method.