Menu
// imports allow you to use code already written by others. It is good to explore and learn libraries. The names around the dots often give you a hint to the originator of the code.
import java.util.Scanner; //library for user input
import java.lang.Math; //library for random numbers
public class Menu {
// Instance Variables
public final String DEFAULT = "\u001B[0m"; // Default Terminal Color
public final String[][] COLORS = { // 2D Array of ANSI Terminal Colors
{"Default",DEFAULT},
{"Red", "\u001B[31m"},
{"Green", "\u001B[32m"},
{"Yellow", "\u001B[33m"},
{"Blue", "\u001B[34m"},
{"Purple", "\u001B[35m"},
{"Cyan", "\u001B[36m"},
{"White", "\u001B[37m"},
};
// 2D column location for data
public final int NAME = 0;
public final int ANSI = 1; // ANSI is the "standard" for terminal codes
// Constructor on this Object takes control of menu events and actions
public Menu() {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); // using Java Scanner Object
this.print(); // print Menu
boolean quit = false;
while (!quit) {
try { // scan for Input
int choice = sc.nextInt(); // using method from Java Scanner Object
System.out.print("" + choice + ": ");
quit = this.action(choice); // take action
} catch (Exception e) {
sc.nextLine(); // error: clear buffer
System.out.println(e + ": Not a number, try again.");
}
}
sc.close();
}
// Print the menu options to Terminal
private void print() {
//System.out.println commands below is used to present a Menu to the user.
System.out.println("-------------------------");
System.out.println("Choose from these choices");
System.out.println("-------------------------");
System.out.println("1 - Say Hello");
System.out.println("2 - Output colors");
System.out.println("3 - Loading in color");
System.out.println("4 - Math");
System.out.println("5 - Tree");
System.out.println("0 - Quit");
System.out.println("-------------------------\n");
}
// Private method to perform action and return true if action is to quit/exit
private boolean action(int selection) {
boolean quit = false;
switch (selection) { // Switch or Switch/Case is Control Flow statement and is used to evaluate the user selection
case 0:
System.out.print("Goodbye, World!");
quit = true;
break;
case 1:
System.out.print("Hello, my name is Calissa!");
break;
case 2:
for(int i = 0; i < COLORS.length; i++) // loop through COLORS array
System.out.print(COLORS[i][ANSI] + COLORS[i][NAME]);
break;
case 3:
System.out.print("Loading...");
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) { // fixed length loading bar
int random = (int) (Math.random() * COLORS.length); // random logic
try {
Thread.sleep(100); // delay for loading
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
System.out.print(COLORS[random][ANSI] + "#");
}
break;
case 4:
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Pick the first number to multiply");
int choice1 = input.nextInt(); //gets input box
System.out.println("Pick the second number to multiply");
int choice2 = input.nextInt();
System.out.print(choice1 + " * " + choice2 + " = " + (choice1*choice2));
break;
case 5:
Scanner sc5 = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Pick a height for your tree!");
int tree = sc5.nextInt(); //gets input box
for (int i = 0; i < tree; i++) { //rows
for (int j = 0; j < tree - i; j++) //prints spaces
System.out.print(" ");
for (int k = 0; k < (2 * i + 1); k++) //prints asterisks
System.out.print("*");
System.out.println();
}
break;
default:
//Prints error message from console
System.out.print("Unexpected choice, try again.");
}
System.out.println(DEFAULT); // make sure to reset color and provide new line
return quit;
}
// Static driver/tester method
static public void main(String[] args) {
new Menu(); // starting Menu object
}
}
Menu.main(null);