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How to stop a java scanner without ending a loop

This may be a strange question but is there way to stop a scanner in an infinite loop if an if statement comes out as true or false?

For example if you have: 

  for (;;) {
  Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
  int a = in.nextInt();
  if (a <= 0) {
  // is there something I could put in here to end the loop?
  } 
  else { System.out.println("Continue"); }

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm new to all of this.

Solution

  • You can break; the loop if the condition in if is true and the control goes in

    for (;;) {
  Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
  int a = in.nextInt();
  if (a <= 0) {
  break;
  } 
  else { System.out.println("Continue"); }