Hello all,
I have this code where I am required to use a while loop instead of a
for loop to achieve the same result ( it asks the user to enter Yza or
noname; if Yza is entered it looks for that in the array and displays
that the name was found). I am having problems with the while loop .
The initial for loop code is commented out. Can anyone please point
out the error?
Thanks a lot.
ros

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import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class ForLoop {

      public static void main(String[] args) {
       // Declare and initialize String array variable called names.
       String names
[]={"Beah","Bianca","Lance","Belle","Nico","Yza","Gem","Ethan"};

       // This is the search string we are going to use to search the
array.
       String searchName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter either
\"Yza\" or \"noname\"!");

       // Declare and initialize boolean primitive type variable
calld foundName.
       boolean foundName =false;

       int counter = 0;
       while ( counter < 7 ){
           if (names [counter].equals(searchName)){
               counter++;
               foundName = true;
               break;
           }
       }

       /*for (int i=0; i<names.length; i++){
           if (names [i ].equals(searchName)){
               foundName =true;
               break;
           }
       }*/

       // Display the result
       if (foundName)
           JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, searchName + " is
found!");
       else
           JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, searchName + " is not
found!");

   }

}