/**
 * A collection of methods that use Java's looping mechanisms.
 *
 * @author Samuel A. Rebelsky
 * @version 1.0 of August 1998
 */
public class WhileExamples {
  /**
   * Print the numbers from 1 to n
   */
  public void countTo(int n, SimpleOutput out) {
    int i = 1;
    while (i < n) {
      out.println(i);
      i = i + 1;
    } // while
  } // countTo(int n, SimpleOutput out)

  /**
   * Keep reading passwords until you read the supplied password.
   */
  public void readPass(SimpleInput in, 
                       SimpleOutput out, 
                       String pass) {
    String name = "";
    while (!name.equals(pass)) {
      out.print("Enter the password: ");
      name = in.readString();
      // If the password was entered correctly, the loop
      // should terminate.
      out.println("'" + name + "' was not a valid password.");
    } // while
  } // readPass(SimpleInput, SimpleOutput, pass)
} // class WhileExamples