Understanding try & catch and error handling

Question

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Lab4_5 {
    public static void main(String[]args) {
        Scanner scan= new Scanner(System.in);

        int rows=0;
              


        

Answer 1

You can create a try-catch block like so:

try {
    int num = scan.nextInt();
} catch (InputMismatchException ex) {
    // Exception handling here
}

If you want to implement this in your code, I suggest doing this:

while (true) {
    try {
        rows = scan.nextInt();
        if (rows<5||rows>21) {
            break;
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("That is either out of range or not an integer, try again! ");
        }
    } catch (InputMismatchException ex) {
        System.out.println("That is either out of range or not an integer, try again! ");
    }
}

See here for more details.

Answer 2

String choice2=scan.next();
if(choice2.equals(y)){
  System.out.println("How many rows/columns(5-21)?");
try
{
rows=scan.nextInt();
}catch(Exception e)
{
rows = -1;
}
 while(rows<5||rows>21){
  System.out.println("That is either out of range or not an integer, try again! ");
try
{
rows=scan.nextInt();
}catch(Exception e)
{
rows = -1;
}
}

Answer 3

You need to understand this please look into it.

Basic understanding is

try { 
   //Something that can throw an exception.
} catch (Exception e) {
  // To do whatever when the exception is caught.
} 

There is also an finally block which will always be execute even if there is an error. it is used like this

try { 
   //Something that can throw an exception.
} catch (Exception e) {
  // To do whatever when the exception is caught & the returned.
} finally {
  // This will always execute if there is an exception or no exception.
}

In your particular case you can have the following exceptions (link).

InputMismatchException - if the next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range NoSuchElementException - if input is exhausted IllegalStateException - if this scanner is closed

So you would need to catch exceptions like

try { 
   rows=scan.nextInt();
} catch (InputMismatchException e) {
  // When the InputMismatchException is caught.
  System.out.println("The next token does not match the Integer regular expression, or is out of range");
} catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
  // When the NoSuchElementException is caught.
  System.out.println("Input is exhausted");
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
  // When the IllegalStateException is caught.
  System.out.println("Scanner is close");
}