How to make menu's

[bodbwoii]

heyy; java beginner. doing a school project and i need to know ow to make a menu with 8 options
any ideas?

[DemonWasp]

Text. Output options in some specific order, prefixed by numbers. Ask them to choose the number of their choice. Act on choice.

Exit gracefully when done.

[bodbwoii]

huh?

[TheGuardian001]

Those were instructions for a text menu, in the console.
1) Output a list of options, which are numbered.

code:

Please choose an option:     1) option1     2) option2     3) option3     etc...

2) Receive user input, and react accordingly.

code:

choice = User_input     if (choice == 1)         do stuff for choice 1     else if (choice == 2)         do stuff for choice 2     else if (choice == 3)         do stuff for choice 3     etc...     else         User is an idiot.

Unless of course you want a non console based menu, in which case you just add an ActionListener to a Button, JButton, or any other awt/swing widget you care to use.