Array sorting input [closed]

Answer 1

Here is how you can read from the console and fill up the votes array:

public static void main (String[] args){

    String line = null;
    int val = 0;
    BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    do{
        System.out.println("Usage: Enter votes. Enter -1 to exit");
        int voteNumber = 0; 
        while(voteNumber<5){ 
              try {
                line = is.readLine();
                val = Integer.parseInt(line);
                votes[voteNumber] = val;
                voteNumber++;
              } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
                System.err.println("Not a valid number: " + line);
                System.out.println("Usage: Enter votes. Enter -1 to exit");
              } 
        }
    }while(val != -1);
}