ProgrammingA4

package programming.exercises;
import java.util.Scanner;

// @author Manasi

public class Program4 {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
        String[] my_list= {"A","B"}; // Just for testing purposes. 
        while (true){
            Scanner input= new Scanner(System.in);
            System.out.println("Please enter the item you want to search within the list:");
            String item = input.next();
            int position = getIndexOf(my_list, item);
            if (position!= -1){ //If the index position has been found
                System.out.println("Your item has been found at:"+ position);
                System.out.println("Do you wish to try again? (Yes/No)");
                String ans = input.next();
                if ("Yes".equals(ans) || "Y".equals(ans) || "yes".equals(ans) || "y".equals(ans)){
                    continue;
                    }
                else{
                    System.out.println("Have a nice day!");
                    break;
                    }}
            else{ //If index position has not been found
                System.out.println("This item is not found in the list");
                System.out.println("Do you wish to try again?(Yes/No)");
                String ans = input.next();
                if ("Yes".equals(ans) || "Y".equals(ans) || "yes".equals(ans) || "y".equals(ans)){
                    continue;
                }
                System.out.println("Have a nice day!");
                break;
             }}}
    public static int getIndexOf(String[] my_list, String item) { //A generalized search to find the position of ANY list
        for (int i = 0; i < my_list.length; i++) {
            if (item.equals(my_list[i])) 
                return i;
        }
        return -1;
}}