[Java] Multiple conditons for while loop?

[InlineFive]

Hello everyone!

I'm just starting to learn Java but unfortunately I've already encountered a problem with While loops. In the past using multiple conditions in a Python While loop worked perfectly but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

Ideally the loop should work like this:

- execute until discarded equals 50
- OR -
- execute until both negPosition and posPosition equal 5

The code is attached; is this the proper way to incorporate such a thing? Currently I'm just testing with the latter conditions and the loops executes until just one Position variable reaches five.

Thanks!

I5

 

[Crusty]

Your syntax is just a bit off.

In java, the | and & operator are bitwise operators, not comparison operators. Instead use || for "or", and && for "and".

So your loop would be while (discarded <50 || (negPosition != 5 && posPosition !=5)) {}

Take a look at http://java.sun.com/docs/books...ndbolts/operators.html