Chapter 6 Loops and Files

1. Chapter 6 Loops and Files

2. Knowledge Goals • Understand the semantics of while loop • Understand when a count-controlled loop is appropriate • Understand when an event-controlled loop is appropriate • Know the difference between an iteration counter and an event counter • Know where nested loops are needed in a problem solution

3. Knowledge Goals • Understand the principles of testing programs that contain loops • Recognize when file input/output is appropriate and how it differs from interactive input/output

4. Skill Goals • Construct syntactically correct while loops • Construct count-controlled loops with a while statement • Construct event-controlled loops with a while statement • Use the end-of-file condition to control the input of data • Use flags to control the execution of a while statement

5. Skill Goals • Construct counting loops with a while statement • Construct summing loops with a while statement • Write statements to read from a text file • Write statements to write to a text file • Write applications that use data files for input and output

6. Looping Control Flow Around and around and …

7. Looping Control Flow • Loop • A control structure that causes a statement or group of statements to be executed repeatedly • Count-controlled loop • A loop that executes a specified number of times • Event-controlled loop • A loop that terminates when something happens inside the loop body to signal that the loop should be exited

8. Looping Control Flow

9. Looping Control Flow See the difference ?

10. Looping Control Flow • Loop entry • The point at which the flow of control reaches the first statement inside the loop • Iteration • An individual repetition of the body of the loop • Loop test • The point at which the while expression is evaluated and the decision is made to either repeat or exit • Loop exit • The point at which the repetition ends • Termination condition • The condition that causes the loop to be exited

11. Looping Control Flow loop entry loop test each time executed is an iteration exited the loop Expression is false Phases of loop execution

12. Looping Control Flow • Count-controlled loops • A variable keeps track of the number of times the loop is executed • The variable must be initialized outside the loop • It must be tested at the beginning of the loop • It must be incremented within the loop • It is a counter (a variable that is incremented repeatedly)

13. Looping Control Flow • int loopCount; // Declare loop variable • loopCount = 1; // Initialize loop variable • while (loopCount <= 10) // Test expression • { • . // Repeated actions • . • . • loopCount++; // Update loop variable • } How many times does this loop execute?

14. Looping Control Flow • int count; // Declare loop variable • count = 0; // Initialize loop variable • while (count <= 4) // Test expression • { // Repeated action • System.out.println(“count is “ + count); count ++;// Update loop variable • } • System.out.println(“Done”); How many times does this loop execute?

15. Looping Control Flow • Event-controlled loops • An event within the loop controls the repetition • The event must be initialized outside the loop • The event must be tested at the beginning of the loop • The event must be re-evaluated within the loop

16. Looping Control Flow Calculating square root Eevent: guess is good enough Initialize: set goodEnough to false Test: while (!goodEnough) Re-evaluate set goodEnough to (square - guess*guess) < some threshold

17. Looping Control Flow • public class NewMath • { • static double squareRoot(double square) • { • double guess = square/4.0; • boolean goodEnough = false; • while (!goodEnough) • { • guess = ((square / guess) + guess)/2.0; • goodEnough = Math.abs(square - guess*guess) • < 0.001; • } • return guess; • } • }

18. File Input/Output Devices used for file storage

19. File Input/Output

20. File Input/Output • Character stream file • A file that is stored as a sequence of characters • Java provides classes that allow us to read from a file just as we read from the keyboard and write to a file just as we wrote to the screen • import java.io.*; What are the advantages of using files?

21. File Input/Output • To use a file, we must • Import package java.io.* • Choose valid identifiers and types for the file variables and declare them • Instantiate a file object for each file variable • Use the file identifiers in I/O statements (using available methods such as nextLine, nextInt, print, println) • Closethe files when through

22. File Input/Output • What does instantiating a file do? • Associates the Java identifier for your file with the physical (disk) name for the file • Places a file pointerat the very beginning of the file, pointing to the first character in it • If the output file does not exist on disk, an empty file with that name is created • If the output file already exists, it is erased

23. input data output data File Input/Output • import.java.io.*; disk file “myInfile” disk file “myOutfile” executing program your variable (of type Scanner) your variable (of type PrintWriter)

24. File Input/Output • Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); • FileReader inReader = new FileReader("myInfile"); • Scanner inFile = new Scanner(inReader); Sets up for keyboard Set up to read "myInfile" All the Scanner methods can be applied to inFile

25. File Input/Output • Recall that • An exception is an unusual situationdetected while a program is running • Java recognizes two types of exceptions, checked and unchecked • Unchecked exceptions can be ignored, but checked exceptionsmust be explicitly recognizedby the program

26. File Input/Output • Scanner inFile = • new Scanner(new FileReader("inData")); • If file "inData" cannot be found on the disk, an IOException is thrown, and IOExceptions are checked exceptions • public static void main(String args[]) • throws IOException Passes the exception to the next level See Chapter 7 for how to handle it ourselves

27. File Input/Output What about file output? Remember our old friends print() and println()? PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter (new FileWriter("outFile.dat")); outFile.println("Hello world!"); writes the string argument on file outFile, which can be found on the disk under "outFile.dat" println() and print() behave the same for a file as they do for System.out

28. File Input/Output See the difference between constructors for input and output files ?

29. Loops and Files Read exactly 100 blood pressures from a file Count-controlled loop Read all the blood pressures from a file no matter how many are there End-of-file controlled loop Read blood pressures until a dangerously high BP (200 or more) is read Flag-controlled loop Sentinel-controlled loop Read blood pressures until a negative value is found

30. publicclass ReadFile • { • public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException • { • int count = 0; • Scanner in = new Scanner(new FileReader("BP")); • int thisBP; • System.out.println("Blood pressures on file BP: "); • // Assumption: There are at least 100 values • while (count <= 100) • { • thisBP = in.nextInt(); • System.out.print(thisBP + " "); • count++; • } • System.out.println(); • in.close(); • } • } Count-Controlled loop

31. publicclass ReadFile • { • public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException • { • Scanner in = new Scanner(new FileReader("BP")); • int thisBP; • System.out.println("Blood pressures on file BP: "); • while (in.hasNextInt()) • { • thisBP = in.nextInt(); • System.out.print(thisBP + " "); • } • System.out.println(); • in.close(); • } • } End-of-file controlled loop

32. Loops and Files Use hasNextInt… rather than hasNextLine for loop test in.nextInt(); 42<EOLN> in.hasNextInt(); <EOF> (returns false) in.nextInt(); 42<EOLN> in.hasNextLine(); <EOF> (returns true)

33. publicclass ReadFile • { • public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException • { • Scanner in = new Scanner(new FileReader("BP")); • int thisBP; • boolean flag = in.hasNextInt(); • System.out.println("Blood pressures on file BP: "); • while (flag) • { • thisBP = in.nextInt(); • flag = thisBP < 200 && in.hasNextInt(); • if (flag) • System.out.print(thisBP + " "); • } • System.out.println(); • in.close(); • } • } Flag-controlled loop

34. Loops and Files • Sentinel-Controlled Loops • Sentinel • A special data value that is used to indicate the end of the data; requires a “priming read” • read one data value (or set of data values) before entering the while loop • process data value(s) and then read next value(s) at end of loop

35. publicclass ReadFile • { • public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException • { • Scanner in = new Scanner(new FileReader("BP")); • int thisBP = in.nextInt(); • System.out.println("Blood pressures on file BP: "); • while (thisBP > 0) • { • System.out.print(thisBP + " "); • thisBP = in.nextInt(); • } • System.out.println(); • in.close(); • } • } Sentinel-controlled loop

36. Loops and Files

37. Loops and Files • Common processes within a loop • Counting • End-of-file loop that counts the number of values • Sentinel-controlled loop that counts the number of values • Any loop that reads and counts the number of positive values • Any loop that reads and counts the number of values over a certain threshold • Summing • Any loop that reads and sums all data values • Any loop that reads and sums certain values

38. Loops and Files • Iteration counter • A counter variable that is incremented in each iteration of a loop • Event counter • A variable that is incremented each time a particular event occurs Are loop control variables always iteration counters?

39. How to Design Loops • Seven points to consider when designing loops • What condition ends the loop? • How should the condition be initialized? • How should the condition be updated? • What is the process being repeated? • How should the process be initialized? • How should the process be updated? • What is the state of the code on exiting the loop?

40. How to Design Loops • Key Phrase Termination condition • How many values in file? ? • How many upper case letters? ? • Are there any negative values? ? • How many negative values • and how many positive values? ? • What is the sum of the positive values? ? • Are all the values less than 300? ? • What is the largest value before a • negative value is encountered? ?

41. How to Design Loops • What is the process within Loop? • How many values in file? ? • How many upper case letters? ? • Are there any negative values? ? • How many negative values • and how many positive values? ? • What is the sum of the positive values? ? • Are all the values less than 300? ? • What is the largest value before a • negative value is encountered? ?

42. How to Design Loops • What is the state on exit? • How many values in file? ? • How many upper case letters? ? • Are there any negative values? ? • How many negative values • and how many positive values? ? • What is the sum of the positive values? ? • Are all the values less than 300? ? • What is the largest value before a • negative value is encountered? ?

43. Nested Loops

44. Nested Loop • Algorithm for designing nested loops • Design outer loop • process is task name for inner loop • Design inner loop It can't be that easy!

45. Nested Loops • Print number of uppercase characters in each line of a file • Termination condition: EOF is true • Process: Count uppercase characters • State at end: • file has been read • line contains the last line read • count contains the number of uppercase • values in the last line

46. Nested Loops • Open file for reading • while NOT EOF • Read line • CountUpperCase • CountUpperCase • Set count to 0 • Set index to 0 • while index < line.length() • letter = line.charAt(); • if isUpperCase(letter) • Increment count • increment index isUpperCase is in class Character

47. public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException { String line; int count; int index; char letter; Scanner inFile = new Scanner(new FileReader("text")); while (inFile.hasNextLine()) { line = inFile.nextLine(); count = 0; index = 0; while (index < line.length()) { letter = line.charAt(index); if (Character.isUpperCase(letter)) count++; index++; } System.out.println("Uppercase characters: "+ count); } inFile.close(); }

48. Testing Loops • Should test a loop for four special cases: • Loop is skipped entirely • Loop body executes just one • Loop executes some normal number of times • Loop fails to exit CountUCL was tested with 3. Can you design cases for 1, 2, and 4?

49. Extras - GUI Tack Output from JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog

50. Extras - GUI Track More output