soccerpoints -loops5

package les;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class SoccerPoints
{
// calcs total point over series of games , user enters points then -1 to signify end of list
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Scanner k = new Scanner(System.in);

		System.out.print("enter number of points team earned each game "
				+ "\nthen enter \"-1\" when finshed: ");
		int points = k.nextInt();
		 int total = 0;


		 while (points != 0 )
		 {
			System.out.print("enter game points or \"-1\" to end: ");
			 points = k.nextInt();
			  total += points;
			//"total" var is an accumulator variable
		}
	System.out.println("total points team has earned is: "+total);


		k.close();
		// -1 is the sentinal value, it tells program we reached end of
		//list and to stop program and add total points
	}

}