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///Name: Ilana Levy
///Period: 5
///Program Name: Counting with a While Loop
///File Name: countingWhile.java
///Date Finished: 9/21/2015

import java.util.Scanner;

public class countingWhile
{
        public static void main( String[] args )
        {
                Scanner keyboard = new Scanner( System.in );
                
                System.out.println( "Type in a message, and I\'ll display it five times." );
                System.out.print( "Message: " );
                String message = keyboard.nextLine();
                
                int n = 0, times;    
                
                System.out.print( "How many times? " );
                times = keyboard.nextInt();
                
                while ( n < times )
                {
                        System.out.println( 10 * (n + 1 ) + ". " + message );
                        n++;
                }
            
            //1. the n++ is the counter. By constantly increasing itself by one every loop, the overall value of n increases and can reach 5, thereby triggering the while loop mechanism to stop. Else, the loop would continue indefinitely.
        }
}