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    Default Array issue

    Can someone help me fix this array. I have attached the link to my code and below is a question that goes with it. I have about 98% of it done so far but something seems to be missing. Not sure how to fix it.

    import java.util.ArrayList; public class ArrayDemo { public static - Pastebin.com

    1. The class should have a main method which will declare and initialize an array containing the following numbers:

    2.0, 3.5, 6.9, 8.25, 12.5

    2. The class should have a method called calculateAverage which will take an array as a parameter and return its average as a double. This method should demonstrate the correct way to obtain the number of elements in the array and not assume that there will always be 5 elements.

    3. The main method should call the calculateAverage method to get the average of the array created in step 1.


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    Default Re: Array issue

    You'll be much more likely to get some help if you post your code here (wrapped in code tags) along with any output or errors it gives you.

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    Default Re: Array issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Mini83 View Post
    Not sure how to fix it.
    Neither do we if you don't tell us what is wrong.
    Improving the world one idiot at a time!

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    Default Re: Array issue

    I don't think you can put anything, i.e. your calcualteAvaerage() inside of your main. Move that out and put it before your main class.
    Also, java don't care, but Avaerage is misspelled. it should be Average.

    Alternatively you can make calcualteAverage() a separate calculateAverage.java, and start it with the "package calculateAverage;" line.
    Add the line "import calculateAverage.*;" to ArrayDemo.java

    make a new folder and call it ArrayDemo. inside this folder make another new folder and call it calculateAverage.
    put ArrayDemo.java in the ArrayDemo folder. put calculateAverage.java in the calculateAverage folder.

    open command prompt and navigate to ArrayDemo folder.
    at the prompt type "javac ArrayDemo.java calculateAverage/calculateAverage.java
    then type "java ArrayDemo" to see if it works.
    Last edited by Spidey1980; August 18th, 2011 at 12:23 AM.

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    Default Re: Array issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Spidey1980 View Post
    I don't think you can put anything, i.e. your calcualteAvaerage() inside of your main.
    That isn't true. OP has declared calcualteAverage() as static, so it's perfectly legal to call it inside main.
    Please use [highlight=Java]//code goes here...[/highlight] tags when posting your code

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    Default Re: Array issue

    Alternatively you can make calcualteAverage() a separate calculateAverage.java, and start it with the "package calculateAverage;" line.
    Add the line "import calculateAverage.*;" to ArrayDemo.java
    And why do this? Java is object oriented, and I fail to see how 'calculateAverage' represents an object, let alone a package...better advice would be to suggest a new class, perhaps call it MathUtils, which contains the calculateAverage method, and place this within a package more appropriately named (for example util)
    Last edited by copeg; August 18th, 2011 at 09:21 AM.

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