仅允许使用Java扫描器输入整数

Question

I recently asked about a question about this code, but I had another. I want to setup the scanner to only accept integers, because when I enter a letter in testing, I get this error:

 java.util.InputMismatchException
at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.next(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Scanner.nextInt(Unknown Source)
at RockPaperScissorsTest.main(RockPaperScissorsTest.java:12)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at edu.rice.cs.drjava.model.compiler.JavacCompiler.runCommand(JavacCompiler.java:272)

So, what can I do to only allow integers in the scanner? So if you typed one, it would not show anything in the scanner box. Thanks for the help! Below is the entire program.

 import java.util.Scanner;

 public class RockPaperScissorsTest {

     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    Scanner input = new Scanner(System. in );
    int P1;
    int P2;
    do {
        System.out.println("Player 1, choose 1 for rock, 2 for paper, or 3 for scissors.");
        P1 = input.nextInt();
    } while (P1 != 1 && P1 != 2 && P1 != 3);
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    System.out.println("");
    do {
        System.out.println("Player 2, choose 1 for rock, 2 for paper, or 3 for scissors.");
        P2 = input.nextInt();
    } while (P2 != 1 && P2 != 2 && P2 != 3);
    if (P1 == 1 & P2 == 1)
        System.out.println("It's a tie!");
    if (P1 == 1 & P2 == 2)
        System.out.println("Player 2 wins!");
    if (P1 == 1 & P2 == 3)
        System.out.println("Player 1 wins!");
    if (P1 == 2 & P2 == 1)
        System.out.println("Player 1 wins!");
    if (P1 == 2 & P2 == 2)
        System.out.println("It's a tie!");
    if (P1 == 2 & P2 == 3)
        System.out.println("Player 2 wins!");
    if (P1 == 3 & P2 == 1)
        System.out.println("Player 2 wins!");
    if (P1 == 3 & P2 == 2)
        System.out.println("Player 1 wins");
    if (P1 == 3 & P2 == 3)
        System.out.println("It's a tie!");
}

}

Answer 1

You have a couple of options:

• Use Scanner.hasNextInt() to see if an integer can be read; note that you will have to skip the token with next() if it is not an integer so you don't get "stuck".
• Read the token as a string and use Integer.parseInt() , ignoring tokens that cannot be parsed as an integer.

Answer 2

I think a solution is to use a while block, and test until the input is an Integer, like this:

int choice;
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String input = "a";
boolean notAnInteger = true;
while(notAnInteger){
     input = sc.next();
     try{
         choice = Integer.parseInt(input);
         notAnInteger = false;
     }catch(Exception e){
         System.out.println("Not an integer");
     }

}

I haven't tested this but I think it should work ;)

Answer 3

     boolean testing = false;
     String pos = "";
     while(true)
     {
     testing = false;   
     Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
     System.out.println("Enter the integer value.... ");
     pos = sc.next();
     for(int i=0; i<pos.length();i++)
     {
         if(!Character.isDigit(pos.charAt(i)))
             testing = true;
     }
     if(testing == true)
     {
         System.out.print("Enter only numbers..   ");
         continue;
     }

     else
     {
         int key = Integer.parseInt(pos);
         // Your code here....
         break;
     }

Answer 4

There are several options here

1. You could surround your input.nextInt() inside a try/catch block and catch the InputMismatchException. You could then prompt them again or handle this however you like.

    try { P1 = input.nextInt(); } catch (InputMismatchException e) { //Handle how you choose. } 

2. Scanner has a hasNextInt() method which will evaluate to true if the next token is an int.

    if(input.hasNextInt()){ P1 = input.nextInt(); } else { //Handle how you choose. }