How to shorten an if else statement in java?

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Note:Keep in mind that im a newbie both at java and stackoverflow and this is my first question. Okay, so I was making a basic console based game in java and I had a problem. I had a long list of if else statements. How I can shorten them? I have tried looking at Is there anyway to shorten if else statements instead of going in circles but i didn't get the answer I needed. Here's some sample code from my program: ``` import java.util.Scanner; public class FishMain { public static void main(String[] args) { FishClass myFish = new FishClass(); //Makes a scanner for user input/commands Scanner userComSc = new Scanner(System.in); //scans for what the user types String userCom = userComSc.nextLine(); //checks if the userCommand isn't /end or exit (when it is it will terminate) while(!userCom.equals("/end") && !userCom.equals("/exit")) { if(userCom.equals("/dive 1")){ myFish.dive(1); } else if(userCom.equals("/dive 2")){ myFish.dive(2); } else if(userCom.equals("/dive 3")){ myFish.dive(3);…

Accepted Answer

That was a good idea, unfortunately, you are trying to parse a string with non-numeric characters as an int. You need to substring the Int from the string like so:

```
if(userCom.startsWith("/dive")){
   String str = userCom.subString(6);
   int howDeep = Integer.parseInt(str);
   myFish.dive(howDeep);
}
```

How to shorten an if else statement in java?

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