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# 8  
Old 11-07-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by totoro125
java Hundred Gertrude
This means the program's name is Hundred (source file name Hundred.java) and Gertrude is the argument.

The first argument will be stored in args[0], thus you can simply put following in the for loop (you know already how to build a for loop which will repeat a command n times):
Code:
        System.out.println(args[0]);

You could also do it like this:
Code:
        String ArgumentFromCommandLine = args[0];

        for loop ...
        System.out.println(ArgumentFromCommandLine);

Hope this helps.
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# 9  
Old 11-08-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by junior-helper
This means the program's name is Hundred (source file name Hundred.java) and Gertrude is the argument.

The first argument will be stored in args[0], thus you can simply put following in the for loop (you know already how to build a for loop which will repeat a command n times):
Code:
        System.out.println(args[0]);

You could also do it like this:
Code:
        String ArgumentFromCommandLine = args[0];

        for loop ...
        System.out.println(ArgumentFromCommandLine);

Hope this helps.
Thank you again! I did it like this:
Code:
public class prob1
{

    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
    String ArgumentFromCommandLine = args[0];

    int i;
    int n = 100;
    for (i=0; i<n; i++)
      System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine);

    }

}

Last question about this. The way you showed me made the output show up on different lines so I did it the other way so it will just show up on the same line. However, there are no spaces between the words. How can I fix that? I tried this:

Code:
int i;
    int n = 100;
    for (i=0; i<n; i++)
      System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine);
      System.out.print(" ");

But it did not work.
# 10  
Old 11-09-2014
You seem to want something more like:
Code:
    int i;
    int n = 100;
    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
        System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine);
        System.out.print(" ");
    }

What you have written could more clearly be written as:
Code:
    int i;
    int n = 100;
    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
        System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine);
    }
    System.out.print(" ");

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totoro125
# 11  
Old 11-09-2014
Java
Quote:
Originally Posted by totoro125
there are no spaces between the words. How can I fix that?
Looks like only one command is executed within the for loop if you leave out the braces { and } in the for loop.

Either you use Don's first approach with braces, or you try this:
Code:
      System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine + " "); // single quotes should work too

Note that all approaches mentioned here will produce a superfluous whitespace at the end of the output. One possible solution:
Code:
    int i;
    int n = 99;
    for (i=0; i<n; i++)
      System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine + " "); // executed 99 times
      System.out.print(ArgumentFromCommandLine); // executed 1 time, System.out.println recommended here

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