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copied!<p>I am new to Java, so please forgive me if it is a very small mistake,<br> here's my code:</p> <pre><code>import java.io.*; public class election { public static void main(String args[]) { boolean x=false; Ballot ballot=new Ballot(); int n; while(x!=true) { System.out.println("Cast your vote to(1-5): "); try { n=System.in.read(); System.out.flush(); ballot.add(n); System.out.println("Enter 0 to exit, enter 1 to vote again: "); n = System.in.read(); if(n==0) { x=true; } else { x=false; } } catch(IOException e) { System.out.println("I/O Error"); System.exit(1); } } } } class Ballot { int votes,spoilt; int cand[] = new int[5]; //methods void add(int n) { votes=votes+1; if(n <= 5 && n>=1) { cand[n-1]=cand[n-1]+1; } else { spoilt = spoilt + 1; } } void display() { System.out.println("Total votes cast: " + votes); for(int i=0;i<5;i++) { System.out.println("Candidate " + (i+1) + ": " + cand[i]); } System.out.println("Spoilt: " + spoilt); System.out.println("Valid votes: " + (votes-spoilt)); } Ballot() { votes=0; spoilt=0; for(int i=0;i<5;i++) { cand[i]=0; } } } </code></pre> <p>when i run it after compiling, the 18th line(n = System.in.read()) gets skipped. <br>The output I get is this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cast your vote to(1-5):<br> 1 Enter 0 to exit, enter 1 to vote again:<br> Cast your vote to(1-5):<br> 2 Enter 0 to exit, enter 1 to vote again:<br> Cast your vote to(1-5):<br> ^C</p> </blockquote> <p>The value of <code>n</code> is not <code>read()</code> which makes the program an infinite loop.</p> <p>Thank You for your help.</p>

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