I am creating an address book in java and I am trying to implement the functionality of "searching" for a record. When I input a record and then try to search for it, it says that the record is not found, even though I put it in. Is there an additional step that I need to insert to correct this?
What I coded What the results where
I tried putting "String" next to the phoneNumber and even renaming it "phoneNumber1". Maybe it has to use an int for searching something specific?
Here is the collection that I am using
class CRUDDemo{
public static void main(String[] args) {
Collection<AddressBook> c = new ArrayList<AddressBook>();
//to get input from user create an instance of scanner
//Scanner instance s is for numbers while Scanner instance s1 will be used for the string
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
Scanner s1 = new Scanner(System.in);
int ch;
do {
//loop will run continuously until user provides an input
System.out.println("1.INSERT");
System.out.println("2.DISPLAY");
System.out.println("3.SEARCH");
System.out.println("4.DELETE");
System.out.println("4.UPDATE");
System.out.println("Enter Your Choice : ");
ch = s.nextInt();
switch(ch)
This first case is to display the the records that will be input from the user
case 1:
System.out.println("Enter Name : ");
String name = s1.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter Street : ");
String street = s1.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter City : ");
String city = s1.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter State : ");
String state = s1.nextLine();
System.out.print("Enter Zip : ");
int zip = s.nextInt();
System.out.print("Enter Phone Number : ");
String phoneNumber = s1.nextLine();
//add new object to the collection
c.add(new AddressBook(name,street,city,state,zip,phoneNumber));
break;
The second case will then allow for the input records to be displayed
case 2:
//to separate out each record
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------");
//Iterator is the function that will retract each record one by one
Iterator<AddressBook> i = c.iterator();
//create a loop to see if next next record is available
while(i.hasNext()) {
//this will display the records
AddressBook a = i.next();
System.out.println(a);
}
//draw a line to separate each record
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------");
break;
Finally is my search option. I want to be able to search for a record in the address book. I have chosen to search by the person's phone number. If the record is there then I want it to just display the entire record. If it cannot find the record then it will say "Record not found"
case 3:
//record cannot be found
boolean found = false;
System.out.println("Enter Phone Number to Search : ");
phoneNumber = s1.nextLine();
//to separate out each record
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------");
//create a loop to see if next next record is available
i = c.iterator();
while(i.hasNext()) {
//this will display the records
AddressBook a = i.next();
//create a loop so that phone number searched is equal to the one entered by the users in the record
if(a.getPhoneNumber() == phoneNumber) {
System.out.println(a);
found = true;
}
}
if(!found) {
System.out.println("Record Not Found");
}
System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------");
break;
}
}while(ch!=0);
}
}
When I search for a record that has already been created from the user input, I get the message "Record not found". I wanted it to say this when there truly was no record found. Clearly I have made it say this statement all the time and I am unsure how to fix it.
