In this code, if the variable "search" is not in the array then I'm getting "Not found" i times. What to do for printing it once if the variable search is not in the array?

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in)) {
            int i;
            System.out.print("Enter size of the array: ");
            int size = sc.nextInt();

            int[] arrayInput = new int[size];
            for (i = 0; i < size; i  ) {
                System.out.printf("Enter %d array value: ", i);
                arrayInput[i] = sc.nextInt();
            }

            System.out.print("Enter the number you want to search in array: ");
            int search = sc.nextInt();

            for (i = 0; i < arrayInput.length; i  ) {
                if (arrayInput[i] == search) {
                    System.out.println("Number found at the index "   i);
                    break;
                }else{
                    System.out.println("Not found");
                }
            }    
           
        }
        ;

    }
}

CodePudding user response：

Try to move the println outside the for loop adding a return in case of number found.

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in)) {
            int i;
            System.out.print("Enter size of the array: ");
            int size = sc.nextInt();

            int[] arrayInput = new int[size];
            for (i = 0; i < size; i  ) {
                System.out.printf("Enter %d array value: ", i);
                arrayInput[i] = sc.nextInt();
            }

            System.out.print("Enter the number you want to search in array: ");
            int search = sc.nextInt();

            for (i = 0; i < arrayInput.length; i  ) {
                if (arrayInput[i] == search) {
                    System.out.println("Number found at the index "   i);
                    return;                    
                }
            }    
            System.out.println("Not found");
           
        } 
        ;

    }
}

CodePudding user response：

You could also store the index of the integer and the print it after exiting the loop.

import java.util.*;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in)) {
            int i, index = -1;
            System.out.print("Enter size of the array: ");
            int size = sc.nextInt();

            int[] arrayInput = new int[size];
            for (i = 0; i < size; i  ) {
                System.out.printf("Enter %d array value: ", i);
                arrayInput[i] = sc.nextInt();
            }
            
            System.out.print("Enter the number you want to search in array: ");
            int search = sc.nextInt();

            for (i = 0; i < arrayInput.length; i  ) {
                if (arrayInput[i] == search) {
                    index = i;
                    break;
                }
                    
            }
            
            if(index < 0){
                System.out.println("Not found");
            }
            else{
               System.out.println("Number found at the index "   index);
            }
           
        }

    }
}