How to break this while(true) loop?

Question

Hi I am trying to break from this loop and return the coordinates when both if statements are true. However the loop is never ending. How can I fix it?

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Answer 1

See if this works. I just made a Boolean flag variable to get out the while loop. It should make the flag false once it reaches the second if.

public static String[] positionQuery(int dim, Scanner test_in) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Provide origin and destination coordinates.");
        System.out.println("Enter two positions between A1-H8:");
        Boolean flag = true;
        while(flag) {
            String line = scanner.nextLine();
            String[] coordinates = line.split(" ");
            if(coordinates.length == 2) {
                String origin = coordinates[0];
                String dest = coordinates[1];
                if(validCoordinate(origin, dim) && validCoordinate(dest,dim)) {
                    flag = false;
                    return coordinates;
                }
            }
            System.out.println("ERROR: Please enter valid coordinate pair separated by space.");
        }
    }