I'm trying to create a simple program to output the number of stars entered by user. I'm trying to learn how to use more than one method to do this
Here's my code
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Alpha
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int n;
System.out.println("Enter no. of stars");
n = input.nextInt();
}
public static void Loop ()
{
for (int counter = 1; counter <= n; counter++)
{
System.out.println("*");
}
}
}
The problem I'm facing is that in the Loop method, I am unable to use the variable n
Is there a way to use a variable which is in the main method, in another one?
Ty
-Pingu
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Alpha
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int n;
System.out.println("Enter no. of stars");
n = input.nextInt();
Loop(n); //calls Loop function and passes parameter n
}
public static void Loop(int n) //this function now expects a number n
{
for (int counter = 1; counter <= n; counter++)
{
System.out.println("*");
}
}
}
simply pass it as parameter:
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int n;
System.out.println("Enter no. of stars");
n = input.nextInt();
Loop(n);
}
public static void Loop (int count)
{
for (int counter = 1; counter <= count; counter++)
{
System.out.println("*");
}
}
Pass it as a paramteer
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Alpha
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int n;
System.out.println("Enter no. of stars");
n = input.nextInt();
loop(n); // added this
}
public static void loop (int n) // changed here
{
for (int counter = 1; counter <= n; counter++)
{
System.out.println("*");
}
}
}
I think you should use it as a instance variable and for better understanding name your class like StarClass it can provide better understanding. Good programming practice.
But you should avoid unneccesserily making instance variable without any logic behind it.
I also think you could declare n as a public variable.
That should make it accessible throughout the code.
public int n;
But I guess that passing it as parameter is a better practice, since you don't create a deppendance inside your code. What I mean is, if something changes with the variable you break the function. It's good practice to always keep things "modular" in your code, so it makes it more resilient to changes and debugging.
It's better if you get used to it from the beggining =)
Two ways.. one has been posted already as answer and the other one would be using the variable as a field. This way you can access (and modify) it in every method without having to pass it on.
public class Alpha
{
static int n;
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter no. of stars");
n = input.nextInt();
loop();
}
public static void loop ()
{
for (int counter = 0; counter < n; counter++)
{
System.out.println("*");
}
}
}
And please start method names with lowercase and counting with 0. It's common practise and it helps a lot to use the standards right from the beginning.
Like this you can use variable from different methods in different methods
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int sum=0;
int a=Sum(sum);
System.out.println("The Average of the numbers is: "+a);
}
public static int Sum(int sum) {
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter the total count of number for Average: ");
int a=sc.nextInt();
for(int i=1;i<=a;i++) {
System.out.println("Enter the"+i+"Number: ");
int b=sc.nextInt();
sum+=b;
}
int avg=sum/a;
return avg;
}
Related
I am having trouble implementing a consecutive call here. For example I want the user to only enter a number once, say 40.. and have 6 consecutive calls.
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Scanner;
class Main
{
public static int count = 0;
public static int fibonacci(int a)
{
count +=1;
if (a<=1)
{
return a;
}
return fibonacci(a-1)+fibonacci(a-2);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
int n =6;
for (int i=1; i<= n; ++i){
long start=new Date().getTime();
Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a number: ");
int a= s.nextInt();
System.out.println("This Fibonacci number =" +fibonacci(a));
long end=new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("seconds used for this calculation ="+((end-start)/1000));
}
}
}
this is what I have so far.
Move your Scanner and int a outside the for loop. Currently, the Scanner is being run 6 consecutive times.
This will run everything inside the brackets 6 times. If you want only the second part to be run 6 times, confine it to that.
Also you never defined start, so your timing code won't work at all.
public static void main(String args[])
{
int n =6;
long start=new Date().getTime();
Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a number: ");
int a= s.nextInt();
for (int i=1; i<= n; ++i){
long start=new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("This Fibonacci number =" +fibonacci(a));
long end=new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("seconds used for this calculation ="+((end-start)/1000));
}
}
The first for-loop you see does not execute and I'm not sure why. It is completely ignored, I tried it in a separate method and I tried it in the main method but something seems to be ignoring but I'm not sure how to get it to run, it simply goes to the next method run in the main method.
package math;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class mathAverageValue {
static int numOfVals;
static double total;
static double average;
static double[] arr = new double[numOfVals];
static String boole;
public static void input() {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("How many values will be averaged ? : ");
numOfVals = s.nextInt();
for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
System.out.print("Enter Element No."+(i+1)+": ");
arr[i] = s.nextDouble();
}
}
public static void process() {
for (int i=0; i < arr.length; i++) {
total = total + arr[i];
}
average = total / arr.length;
}
public static void output() {
System.out.println("Your average is : " + average);
System.out.println("Would you like to average again? Y or N : ");
Scanner i = new Scanner(System.in);
boole = i.next();
if ("Y".equals(boole)) {
input();
output();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
input();
output();
}
}
Assign some value to static int numOfVals. Java by default assign 0 to it. Hence your for loop will never run. Also modify your array declaration like below:-
static double arr = new double[numOfVals];
The problem is that you have assigned a value to numOfVals and then created the array in the wrong order.
public static void input() {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("How many values will be averaged ? : ");
numOfVals = s.nextInt();
arr = new double[numOfVals]; // <-- PUT THIS HERE
for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
System.out.print("Enter Element No."+(i+1)+": ");
arr[i] = s.nextDouble();
}
}
It is ignored because it is a zero length array:
static int numOfVals; // This implicitly equals 0.
static double total;
static double average;
static double[] arr = new double[numOfVals]; // so this has no elements.
hence
for(int i=0; i<arr.length; i++){ //arr.length is 0
System.out.print("Enter Element No."+(i+1)+": ");
arr[i] = s.nextDouble();
}
doesn't iterate
According to java primitive data types initialization, all types have a default value. In your case, static int numOfVals will be assigned with 0. This is the reason why the for loop is ignored. see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html
import java.util.Scanner;
public class program4
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(" Hello and welcome to the program ");
System.out.println("Enter your number.");
int number = input.nextInt();
int integerDoubled;
System.out.println("Your result is" + doubleNumber(number));
System.out.println(" thank you for using my program ");
}
public static int doubleNumber (int x){
int integerDoubled;
return integerDoubled = (x*2);
}
if (integerDoubled < 100 ); {
less_100(integerDoubled);
} else if ;
greater_100(integerDoubled);
public static int less_100 (int integerDoubled)
{
int integerDoubled;
return integerDoubled =(x*2);
}
public static int greater_100 (int integerDoubled)
{
int integerDoubled;
return integerDoubled =(x*3);
}
}
}
I think the error is in the If statement but i don't know how to fix it.
I know integerDoubled is a local variable and i should make it global but I'm not sure how to do that. should i put the if statement together with the doubleNumber function??
If you formatted your code (your IDE will do this for you), you would see that the if statement is not inside a method as it must be. If you use your IDE correctly, finding and correcting such error would be much faster and you barely have to think about it.
I tried to make sense of your program this is what I came up with
import java.util.Scanner;
public class T
{
public static int doubleNumber (int x){
int integerDoubled;
return integerDoubled = (x*2);
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(" Hello and welcome to the program ");
System.out.println("Enter your number.");
int number = input.nextInt();
int integerDoubled=doubleNumber(number);
System.out.println("Your result is" + integerDoubled);
System.out.println(" thank you for using my program ");
if (integerDoubled < 100 ) {
less_100(integerDoubled);
}
else
greater_100(integerDoubled);
}
public static int less_100 (int integerDoubled)
{
return integerDoubled =(integerDoubled*2);
}
public static int greater_100 (int integerDoubled)
{
return integerDoubled =(integerDoubled*3);
}
}
Need some help trying to set up this assignment. I am not to good with arrays, nor setting up methods to be used in the main. I need to make an array of 10 random numbers 1-100, that can be compared to the user input. I only need the comparison true/false to display. Here is what I have.
I get several errors in trying to print, so i haven't even tried to compare it to the user input yet.
Thanks,
import java.util.*;
public class Final {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("Enter Player's Free Throw Percentage: ");
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int percent = input.nextInt();
print(shots);
}
public int [] getRandomNumbers(){
int [] shots = new int [10];
Random r = new Random();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
shots[i] = r.nextInt(100);
return shots;
}
public static void print(int shots[]) {
for (int i=0; i<shots.length; i++) {
System.out.print(shots[i]);
if (i < shots.length-1) {
System.out.print(", ");
}
else {
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
}
As commentors said, please provide error messages.
However, I can pick out several issues just for starters. Let's look at your main method...
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("Enter Player's Free Throw Percentage: ");
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int percent = input.nextInt();
print int [](shots);
}
In this call to the print method, why do you have int [] in there? Are you trying to cast something to an int array? Anyways, that has to come out.
Also, you are passing the print method some shots variable that doesn't exist.
Your print method takes an int array as its only argument, so you have to pass it a valid int array. Perhaps you meant to call getRandomNumbers() and pass the int array that it returns to the print method?
Also, what's with the nested classes you're showing. You have this class Final with another class ShotClass defined inside of it. And your closing brackets are all out of whack.
In short, you need to do as the comments ask and format your code and then work through each individual error message, because you've got a whole lot to fix.
EDIT
I'm not sure if I'm doing you more harm than good by giving you the answer to your homework assignment, but I feel for you so here it is. Please just look very carefully at the exact differences between what you posted in your question and what I show below. There's several mistakes you made, including bad syntax and a misunderstanding of how scope works, and I can't properly explain all the problems without typing several pages, so I hope you can learn from this example instead...
import java.util.*;
public class Final {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("Enter Player's Free Throw Percentage: ");
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int percent = input.nextInt();
int[] shots = getRandomNumbers();
print(shots);
}
public static int[] getRandomNumbers(){
int [] shots = new int [10];
Random r = new Random();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
shots[i] = r.nextInt(100);
}
return shots;
}
public static void print(int[] shots) {
for (int i=0; i<shots.length; i++) {
System.out.print(shots[i]);
if (i < shots.length-1) {
System.out.print(", ");
}
else {
System.out.println("");
}
}
}
}//END class
I wanted to program a java app that can print as many stars as the user want.
The programm will ask the user how many starts he want to print.
Here is my code :
import java.util.Scanner;
public class lab {
public static void main(String[] args){
int StarsN;
Scanner input;
input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("How many stars do you need?");
StarsN= input.nextInt();
}
public static void loopz(String[] args) {
int loopEnd = StarsN;
int loopStart;
for (loopStart = 0;loopStart==loopEnd;loopStart++) {
System.out.print("*");
}
}
}
First thing to note.. I don't know why you are sending your loopz method a String[].. Here is what i would do differently in the loopz method:
public static void loopz(int numOfStars)
{
for(int i = 0; i < numOfStars; i++)
System.out.print("*");
}
Also call loopz in main and send it the parameter.
your for loop : loopStart = 0 then it says is loopStart == loopEnd , and it won't enter in the loop because loopStart don't equals loopEnd so you should change "==" in your loop to "<" .
Here is the answer:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class lab {
public static void main(String[] args){
int StarsN;
Scanner input;
input=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("How many starts do you need ?");
StarsN= input.nextInt();
int loopEnd = StarsN;
int loopStart;
for (loopStart = 0;loopStart<loopEnd;loopStart++) {
System.out.print("*") ;
}
}
}
I really would like to teach you how to fish, instead of just giving you the fish, but I think that you need too much theory before this. Try to find some book or a good and complete tutorial to follow, I'm sorry but I don't know neither of both to say to you.
Change for (loopStart = 0;loopStart==loopEnd;loopStart++) to for (loopStart = 0;loopStart < loopEnd;loopStart++).
And don't forget to call loopz() from main():
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner input = null;
try {
input=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("How many starts do you need ?");
int StarsN= input.nextInt();
loopz(StarsN); //Add this
} finally {
if( input != null )
input.close();
}
}
public static void loopz(int numStars) { //You don't need the String[] args here since you never use it
for (int loopStart = 0; loopStart < numStars;loopStart++) {
System.out.print("*") ;
}
}