How do I count the test steps in a for loop

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Big Daddy - 27 Sep 2004 02:21 GMT

I need to know how to count the test steps in a for loop for a project.
I think it should work if the count is done in a method that the test is
compared to but can't get it to work.

for( int i =0; i < n || countTest(); i++)

countTest(){
countCompare++;
return true;
}

What am I doing wrong?

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SMC - 27 Sep 2004 05:08 GMT

> I need to know how to count the test steps in a for loop for a project.
> I think it should work if the count is done in a method that the test is
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> What am I doing wrong?

I usually don't like doing other people's homework but... ;-)

Make your || an && and swap the operands (countTest() && i<n). Go see:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/relational.html

to find out why (hint: "conditionally evaluates op2").

Cheers,

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Oscar kind - 27 Sep 2004 05:30 GMT

The countTest() method isn't called until i >= n; then it is called each
iteration. The loop loops forever.

What you meant to do is to call the method each time the test "i < n"
succeeds, but not otherwise. You need one of the shortcut operators for
that (that was a good choice of you), but you need the "and" shortcut
operator:

a || b -> Evaluate a; if it is false, evaluate b; return the logical OR
a && b -> Evaluate a; if it is true, evaluate b; return the logical AND

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Stefan Schulz - 27 Sep 2004 07:23 GMT

Two things:

1) You are abusing the operator. Why not move the call to countTest()
into the
body of the loop?

2) If you insist on abusing an operator, pick the one that works. && in
this case.

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