Java 1b: division by zero (ArithmeticException)

[Stuart Goss]

I guess I don't have to catch every eventuality in my submitted code for the Java-1b assignment (??) Or am I subject to a disbelief?

The problem is, with the maths I have used in my Java-1b assigment, a user can cause this exception if the inputed "name" is too long (I'm not saying how long too long is ):

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at Hundred.main(Hundred.java:14)

Any comments to this would be helpful, thanks.

[Kelly Loyd]

Hi Stuart,

Here is a hint: I did not use division to calculate the line break, therefore 'divide by zero' exceptions cannot occur.

Cheers,
Kelly

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

If you did everything while thinking of every possibility, your program could easily grow ten fold. Your program should be able to handle a name of any reasonable length. For example, "Ed", "Stuart", "Marilyn", "VanRenseeler".

[Stuart Goss]

Thanks Kelly,

I had a solution without division or modulo, just counting as I went along. But I thought, "Well, that isn't much math is it?". So I bent myself to the task of calculating some things.

Anyway, if I can make the client only enter reasonable names then I don't have a problem with him/her, just with the QA department .

Thanks, Stuart