Using the Pythagorean theorem with Java

I’m trying to create this program that essentially solves the 3rd value of a right triangle. So the hypotenuse will always be 1, and one of the values (lets call it ‘x’) will be greater than or equal to -1 but less than or equal to 1. First, I created a loop to include all … Read more

What does hasNext() in a While do?

I’m new to JAVA and I’m trying to read data from a .txt file. I’ve implemented a Scanner object ‘in’ Scanner in=new Scanner(“file.txt”); and then down the code a while loop to traverse through the content of the file.There are multiple rows of data in the file and in each row there are three strings … Read more

While else statement equivalent for Java?

The closest Java equivalent is to explicitly keep track of whether you exited the loop with a break… but you don’t actually have a break in your code, so using a while-else was pointless in the first place. For Java folks (and Python folks) who don’t know what Python’s while-else does, an else clause on a while loop executes if the loop ends without … Read more

How do I convert this for loop into a while loop?

The general structure of a basic for statement is: ForInit is the initializer. It is run first to set up variables etc. Expression is a boolean condition to check to see if Statement should be run Statement is the block of code to be run if Expression is true ForUpdate is run after the Statement to e.g. update variables as necessary After ForUpdate has been run, Expression is evaluated … Read more