Non duplicates numbers in user input

Question

I am trying to work out how to create an input validation where it won\'t let you enter the same number twice as well as being inside a range of numbers and that nothing can be

Answer 1

Do it as follows:

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    static int[] numbers = new int[6];
    static Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Test
        choose();
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(numbers));
    }

    static void choose() {
        int temp;
        boolean valid;
        for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
            // Check if the integer is in the range of 1 to 59
            do {
                valid = true;
                System.out.print("Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): ");
                temp = keyboard.nextInt();
                if (temp < 1 || temp > 59) {
                    System.out.println("Error: Invalid integer.");
                    valid = false;
                }
                for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                    if (numbers[j] == temp) {
                        System.out.println("Please enter a different number as you have already entered this");
                        valid = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                numbers[i] = temp;
            } while (!valid); // Loop back if the integer is not in the range of 1 to 100
        }
    }
}

A sample run:

Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 100
Error: Invalid integer.
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): -1
Error: Invalid integer.
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 20
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 0
Error: Invalid integer.
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 4
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 5
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 20
Please enter a different number as you have already entered this
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 25
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 6
Enter in an integer (from 1 to 59): 23
[20, 4, 5, 25, 6, 23]