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Leap year calculator.
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package uk.ac.qub.practicals; | |
// importing scanner | |
import java.util.Scanner; | |
public class LeapYearApp { | |
public final static int CURRENT_YEAR = 2013; | |
public final static int MINIMUM_YEAR = 1900; | |
/** | |
* | |
*author Niall Collins | |
*A Java method which gets a year of birth from a user. | |
*The method checks the int is within the expected range. | |
*The method then outputs to screen every year between that year and the current year. | |
*Then the program asks if the user wishes to try again. | |
**/ | |
// Method for calculating leap years based on | |
public static void main(String[] args) { | |
// Variable declaration | |
int userInput; | |
int userChoice; | |
userInput = 0; | |
userChoice = 0; | |
// Declaring scanner | |
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); | |
// Quitting check | |
boolean invalidEntry = false; | |
// Loop to allow the user the play again | |
do { | |
// Loop to prevent the user proceeding with an invalid number | |
do { | |
System.out.printf("Please enter the year you were born (%s to %s): | |
+", MINIMUM_YEAR, CURRENT_YEAR); | |
userInput = scanner.nextInt(); | |
} while ((userInput < MINIMUM_YEAR) || (userInput > CURRENT_YEAR)); | |
// for loop printing to screen the given year to the current year | |
for (int loop = userInput; loop <= CURRENT_YEAR; loop++){ | |
if (loop % 4 == 0){ | |
System.out.println(+loop+" (leap year)"); | |
}else { | |
System.out.println(+loop+""); | |
} | |
} | |
// Checking if user wishes to quit or play again. Looping for unrecognised numbers | |
do { | |
System.out.println("\nWould you like to play again?\n0. No\n1. Yes\n"); | |
userChoice = scanner.nextInt(); | |
if ((userChoice == 1) || (userChoice == 0)){ | |
invalidEntry = false; | |
} else { | |
System.out.println("Sorry, invalid entry."); | |
invalidEntry = true; | |
} | |
} while (invalidEntry); | |
// Checking if the user wishes to quit | |
} while ((userChoice != 0)); | |
System.out.println("Program exiting..."); | |
System.exit(0); | |
scanner.close(); | |
} | |
} |
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