/* * Copyright (c) 2000 David Flanagan. All rights reserved. * This code is from the book Java Examples in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition. * It is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied. * You may study, use, and modify it for any non-commercial purpose. * You may distribute it non-commercially as long as you retain this notice. * For a commercial use license, or to purchase the book (recommended), * visit http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples2. */ package com.davidflanagan.examples.basics; /** * This program computes and displays the factorial of a number specified * on the command line. It handles possible user input errors with try/catch. **/ public class FactComputer { public static void main(String[] args) { // Try to compute a factorial. // If something goes wrong, handle it in the catch clause below. try { int x = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); System.out.println(x + "! = " + Factorial4.factorial(x)); } // The user forgot to specify an argument. // Thrown if args[0] is undefined. catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) { System.out.println("You must specify an argument"); System.out.println("Usage: java FactComputer "); } // The argument is not a number. Thrown by Integer.parseInt(). catch (NumberFormatException e) { System.out.println("The argument you specify must be an integer"); } // The argument is < 0. Thrown by Factorial4.factorial() catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // Display the message sent by the factorial() method: System.out.println("Bad argument: " + e.getMessage()); } } }