1. Chapter 5 Conditionals and Loops

2. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved2/33 Conditionals and Loops Now we will examine programming statements that allow us to:  make decisions  repeat processing steps in a loop Chapter 5 focuses on:  boolean expressions  conditional statements  comparing data  repetition statements  iterators

3. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved3/33 Outline The if Statement and Conditions Other Conditional Statements Comparing Data The while Statement Iterators Other Repetition Statements

4. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved4/33 Flow of Control Unless specified otherwise, the order of statement execution through a method is linear: one statement after another in sequence Some programming statements allow us to:  decide whether or not to execute a particular statement  execute a statement over and over, repetitively These decisions are based on boolean expressions (or conditions) that evaluate to true or false The order of statement execution is called the flow of control

5. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved5/33 Conditional Statements A conditional statement lets us choose which statement will be executed next Therefore they are sometimes called selection statements Conditional statements give us the power to make basic decisions The Java conditional statements are the:  if statement  if-else statement  switch statement

6. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved6/33 The if Statement The if statement has the following syntax: if ( condition ) statement; if is a Java reserved word The condition must be a boolean expression. It must evaluate to either true or false. If the condition is true, the statement is executed. If it is false, the statement is skipped.

7. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved7/33 Logic of an if statement condition evaluated statement true false

8. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved8/33 Boolean Expressions A condition often uses one of Java's equality operators or relational operators, which all return boolean results: == equal to != not equal to < less than > greater than <= less than or equal to >= greater than or equal to Note the difference between the equality operator ( == ) and the assignment operator ( = ) higher precedence

9. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved9/33 The if Statement An example of an if statement: if (sum > MAX) delta = sum - MAX; System.out.println ("The sum is " + sum); First the condition is evaluated -- the value of sum is either greater than the value of MAX, or it is not If the condition is true, the assignment statement is executed -- if it isn’t, it is skipped. Either way, the call to println is executed next

10. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved10/33 Indentation The statement controlled by the if statement is indented to indicate that relationship The use of a consistent indentation style makes a program easier to read and understand Although it makes no difference to the compiler, proper indentation is crucial "Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." -- Martin Golding

11. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved11/33 The if Statement What do the following statements do? if (top >= MAXIMUM) top = 0; Sets top to zero if the current value of top is greater than or equal to the value of MAXIMUM if (total != stock + warehouse) inventoryError = true; Sets a flag to true if the value of total is not equal to the sum of stock and warehouse  The precedence of the arithmetic operators is higher than the precedence of the equality and relational operators

12. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved12/33 Logical Operators Boolean expressions can also use the following logical operators: ! Logical NOT && Logical AND || Logical OR They all take boolean operands and produce boolean results Logical NOT is a unary operator (it operates on one operand) Logical AND and logical OR are binary operators (each operates on two operands)

13. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved13/33 Logical NOT The logical NOT operation is also called logical negation or logical complement If some boolean condition a is true, then !a is false; if a is false, then !a is true Logical expressions can be shown using a truth table a!a truefalse true Consider a ‘condition’ something like (age > 25) It is either true or false (boolean result)

14. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved14/33 Logical AND and Logical OR The logical AND expression a && b is true if both a and b are true, and false otherwise The logical OR expression a || b is true if a or b or both are true, and false otherwise Examples: if ( a> 14 && b == 6) a++; if (a > 14 || b == 6) b--;

15. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved15/33 Logical Operators Expressions that use logical operators can form complex conditions if (total < MAX+5 && !found) System.out.println ("Processing…"); All logical operators have lower precedence than the relational operators, which have lower precedence than arithmetic operators. Logical NOT has higher precedence than logical AND and logical OR

16. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved16/33 Logical Operators A truth table shows all possible true-false combinations of the terms Since && and || each have two operands, there are four possible combinations of conditions a and b aba && ba || b true false true falsetruefalsetrue false

17. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved17/33 Boolean Expressions Specific expressions can be evaluated using truth tables total < MAXfound!foundtotal < MAX && !found false truefalse truefalse truefalsetrue false

18. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved18/33 Short-Circuited Operators The processing of logical AND and logical OR is “short-circuited”  If the left operand is sufficient to determine the result, the right operand is not evaluated This type of processing must be used carefully if (count != 0 && total/count > MAX) System.out.println ("Testing…");

19. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved19/33 Outline The if Statement and Conditions Other Conditional Statements Comparing Data The while Statement Iterators Other Repetition Statements

20. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved20/33 The if-else Statement An else clause can be added to an if statement to make an if-else statement if ( condition ) statement1; else statement2; If the condition is true, statement1 is executed; if the condition is false, statement2 is executed One or the other will be executed, but not both

21. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved21/33 Logic of an if-else statement condition evaluated statement1 true false statement2

22. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved22/33 The Coin Class Let's examine a class that represents a coin that can be flipped Instance data is used to indicate which face (heads or tails) is currently showing

23. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved23/33 //******************************************************************** // CoinFlip.java Author: Lewis/Loftus // // Demonstrates the use of an if-else statement. //******************************************************************** public class CoinFlip { //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Creates a Coin object, flips it, and prints the results. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public static void main (String[] args) { Coin myCoin = new Coin(); myCoin.flip(); System.out.println (myCoin); if (myCoin.isHeads()) System.out.println ("You win."); else System.out.println ("Better luck next time."); }

24. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved24/33 // Coin.java Author: Lewis/Loftus Please note that I have taken GREAT liberties in formatting to ‘fit’ public class Coin { private final int HEADS = 0; private final int TAILS = 1; private int face; public Coin () // Sets up the coin by flipping it initially { flip(); } public void flip () // Flips the coin by randomly choosing a face value. { face = (int) (Math.random() * 2); } public boolean isHeads () // Returns true if the current face of the coin is heads. { return (face == HEADS); } public String toString() // Returns the current face of the coin as a string. { String faceName; if (face == HEADS) faceName = "Heads"; else faceName = "Tails"; return faceName; }

25. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved25/33 Indentation Revisited Remember that indentation is for the human reader, and is ignored by the computer if (total > MAX) System.out.println ("Error!!"); errorCount++; Despite what is implied by the indentation, the increment will occur whether the condition is true or not Discuss!!!!

26. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved26/33 Block Statements Several statements can be grouped together into a block statement delimited by braces A block statement can be used wherever a statement is called for in the Java syntax rules if (total > MAX) { System.out.println ("Error!!"); errorCount++; } Explain.

27. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved27/33 Block Statements In an if-else statement, the if portion, or the else portion, or both, could be block statements if (total > MAX) { System.out.println ("Error!!"); errorCount++; } else { System.out.println ("Total: " + total); current = total*2; } See Guessing.javaGuessing.java

28. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved28/33 // Guessing.java Author: Lewis/Loftus // Demonstrates the use of a block statement in an if-else. import java.util.*; public class Guessing { // Plays a simple guessing game with the user. public static void main (String[] args) { final int MAX = 10; int answer, guess; Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in); // Creates a scan object; Random generator = new Random(); // creates a new random number object = generator answer = generator.nextInt(MAX) + 1; // generates another integer random number <= 10. System.out.print ("I'm thinking of a number between 1 and “ + MAX + ". Guess what it is: "); guess = scan.nextInt(); // gets the guess from the input… if (guess == answer) // compares the guess to the random number generated, answer. System.out.println ("You got it! Good guessing!"); / executed if predicate is true. else { System.out.println ("That is not correct, sorry."); // executed (both statements) if predicate System.out.println ("The number was " + answer); // is false. } // end else } // end main }// end Guessing

29. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved29/33 The Conditional Operator Java has a conditional operator that uses a boolean condition to determine which of two expressions is evaluated Its syntax is: condition ? expression1 : expression2 If the condition is true, expression1 is evaluated; if it is false, expression2 is evaluated valueThe value of the entire conditional operator is the value of the selected expression

30. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved30/33 The Conditional Operator The conditional operator is similar to an if-else statement, except that it is an expression that returns a value For example: larger = ((num1 > num2) ? num1 : num2); If num1 is greater than num2, then num1 is assigned to larger ; otherwise, num2 is assigned to larger The conditional operator is ternary because it requires three operands

31. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved31/33 The Conditional Operator Another example: System.out.println ("Your change is " + count + ((count == 1) ? "Dime" : "Dimes")); If count equals 1, then "Dime" is printed If count is anything other than 1, then "Dimes" is printed

32. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved32/33 Nested if Statements The statement executed as a result of an if statement or else clause could be another if statement These are called nested if statements See MinOfThree.javaMinOfThree.java An else clause is matched to the last unmatched if (no matter what the indentation implies) Braces can be used to specify the if statement to which an else clause belongs

33. © 2004 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved33/33 // MinOfThree.java Author: Lewis/Loftus // Demonstrates the use of nested if statements. import java.util.Scanner; public class MinOfThree { // Reads three integers from the user and determines the smallest value. public static void main (String[] args) { int num1, num2, num3, min = 0; Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in); System.out.println ("Enter three integers: "); num1 = scan.nextInt(); num2 = scan.nextInt(); num3 = scan.nextInt(); if (num1 < num2) if (num1 < num3) min = num1; else min = num3; else if (num2 < num3) min = num2; else min = num3; System.out.println ("Minimum value: " + min); } // end main } // end MinOfThree