Looping a switch statement?

[Albert Richards]

Hi everyone,

I have a system where a user can order some predefined items. To do this, I have been using a switch statement, e.g:

System.out.println("Product?");

        System.out.println("\n1. Chair\n2. Table\n3. Desk\n4. Other");

        int sel = 0;

        sel = console.nextInt();

        switch(sel){          
        
        case 1:
        
        <code>

        case 2:

        <code>

        case 3:

        <code>

However, once i've reached the end of the individual cases, I would like them to repeat, so the user could buy more than one item at once, and have this added to an array list. I think I have the array worked out, but the loop is proving problematic. I understand that the code below is one way I can do it, but I don't know how to increase the counter so the statement can loop properly.

Can anyone please help? Thanks

  for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
  System.out.println("Product?");  
  System.out.println("\n1. Chair\n2. Table\n3. Desk\n4. Other"); 
  int sel = 0; 
  sel = console.nextInt();
  switch(sel){
    ...
  }
}

[David Newton]

You *are* increasing the counter: i++.

[Moguluri Ravi Kiran]

this logic may help you..

   import java.util.Scanner;
class shp
{
  public static void main(String a[])
  {
   Scanner s= new Scanner(System.in); 
   
   while(true)
   {
    
        System.out.println("Product?");   
  
        System.out.println("\n1. Chair\n2. Table\n3. Desk\n4. Other\n5. Exit");   
  
        int sel = 0;   
  
        sel = s.nextInt();   
  
        switch(sel){             
           
        case 1:System.out.println("Chair");break;      
  
        case 2:System.out.println("Table");break;      
  
        case 3:System.out.println("Desk");break;   
  
        case 4:System.out.println("other");break;  
 
        case 5:System.out.println("Exit");System.exit(1);
       }
    }
  }
}