help with simple program

[drewskee]

the following program prompts the user with the following menu :

What would you like to do?
1.print the contents of the database
2.find all the songs on a particular album
3.quit
Please enter 1, 2, or 3.



Everything works fine but i cannot figure out how to keep prompting the user with this menu after each input. for example, if u run the program and type in 1 the program ends. how do i keep the prompt up?

Heres a section of my code...

        int choice;
        choice = Console.readInt( 
                       "What would you like to do?\n" 
                     + "1. print the contents of the database\n" 
                     + "2. find all the songs on a particular album\n"
                     + "3. quit\n"
                     + "Please enter 1, 2, or 3.\n"); 
 
 
 
        if (choice==1)
 
        {
 
        int c = 0;
        while (c < count) 
 
            {
 
            System.out.println(songs[c] + "--" + artists[c] + "--" +
            albums[c] + "--" + years[c] + "--" + comments[c]);
            c = c + 1;
 
             }
 
         }
 
 
       else if (choice==2)
 
 
        {
 
            String albumschoice = Console.readString("Enter album");
            albums[0]="jagged little pill"; songs[0]="You oughta know, Head over feet, and You learn";
            albums[1]="made in heaven"; songs[1]="heaven for everyone"; 
            albums[2]="zooropa"; songs[2]="stay (far away, so close!)"; 
            int i=0;
            char found = 'n';
            while (found =='n'&& i<=2)
            {
 
                  if (albumschoice.equals(albums[i]) ) 
                {
                    System.out.println("The songs for " +albums[i] + " are " +songs[i]);
                    found = 'y';
 
 
 
                }
                else
                {
                    i = i+1;
                }
            }
 
            if (found =='n')
            {
                    System.out.println(albumschoice+ "is not in the database");
 
 
                }
 
            }
 
         else if (choice==3)
         System.out.println("Have a nice day!");
 
 
    }
 
}

...thanks

[Ganon11]

So you would like to keep showing the dialogue repeatedly...that suggests to me you use a loop.

When do you want this loop to finish? When the user enters 3 to quit.

So I would create a loop that continues executing until the user enters 3 for his/her selection.