Java Array Program, Need Help On Last Part?

That's a great question - and you've done a good job so far. Note that in the output there appears to be 2 sets of analysis: 1) the X array is searched thoroughly for *all* instances of the number input 2) the X array is searched one time until an instance of the number input is found and then searching terminates Also note that the Y array is never searched! It look like your prof is handing you a "red herring" there to throw you off-track. :) So, right after you print out "Searching entire array." you need to put a for loop that goes from start to finish of the X array and prints out the index of every value that equals the input (hint: you'll need an if statement inside the for loop.) For each iteration of the loop, you need to increment the variable "search." After that for loop, you print out the value of the "search" variable and then print out "searching until found" Next, you do something very similar to the first for loop except that, if you find a match, you want to set the "found" variable to "true" You also need to modify the condition of the for statement to be true only when "found" is "false" **AND** you haven't reached the end of the array. How do you do that? Boolean Logic! (one of my favorite studies - I'm very excited for you that you get to learn Boolean Logic) As an example, I can buy a burrito only if I'm hungry **AND** my bank account is **NOT** empty, so I can write that in C++ (very similar syntax to java) as: bool bHungry = true; bool bBankEmpty = false; if (bHungry && !bBankEmpty) { BuyBurrito(); } Note the double ampersand (&&) is the "and" operator in Boolean Logic that is implemented in C++. I think it's the same in java, but you'll have to research that.

Not sure I understand what kind of output they are looking for when they say the loop executed 5 times, or 2 times. Just do a for loop that goes through the arrays and checks the value at the given index. I think that is what they are looking for: for(int i=0; i<x.length; i++) { if(x[i] == blah) { // i is the position that blah was found at in array x } } Another piece of advice; try to name your variables things that are more meaningful. Hope that helps.