Thread: Enforcing an If/Else if statement

Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to programming and I am currently taking a beginner's programming class. I had an assignment to calculate the the number of broadsheets needed for a certain amount of exam pages as well as finding the average of 5 inputted test scores. So I finally ended up using an array to find my average. The program is suppose to enforce the rule that

if (i < 0) ---> i = 0
if (i > 100) ---> i = 100

The assignment isn't for any points but rather for practice. It's been bothering me since it won't enforce the rule no matter what I change. Well here's my original code for the whole program (the problem is in the bottom half, although it doesn't have any if/else statements):

import java.io.*;
public class HW4X
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
{
BufferedReader keybd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 
int e, b, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, t;
 
System.out.print("Enter the amount of exam pages: ");
e = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
 
if (e == 0)
{
System.out.println("Please enter a valid amount!");
}
 
else if ((e % 4) == 0)
{
b = e / 4;
System.out.println("You will need " + b + " broadsheet(s).");
}
 
else if ((e % 4) >= 1)
{
b = (e / 4) + 1;
System.out.println("You will need " + b + " broadsheet(s).");
}
 
/* This is the part that is suppose to calculate the average as well as the part I will be substituting */
 
System.out.println("Enter test scores: ");
s1 = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
s2 = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
s3 = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
s4 = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
s5 = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
 
t = (s1 + s2 + s3 + s4 + s5) / 5;
System.out.println("The average is: " + t);
 
}
 
}

And here's the part with the array average (I will be substituting the array into the previous program) with the if/else if statements that aren't working:

import java.io.*;
public class x
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
{
 
BufferedReader keybd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
 
System.out.println("Enter a number: ");
 
int nums[] = new int[5];
int result=0;
int i=0;
 
for(i=0; i < nums.length; i++)
{
nums[i] = Integer.parseInt(keybd.readLine());
result = result + nums[i];
 
if (nums[i] < 0)
{
nums[i] = 0;
}
 
else if (nums[i] > 100)
{
nums[i] = 100;
}
 
}
 
System.out.println("Average is = " + result/nums.length);
 
}
 
}

Any help is appreciated!

Actually I didn't know that. Before I changed the

if (nums[i] < 0)

I had it as just i but it still had the same problems. I apologize for my negligence about this part. To be honest, we haven't even learned about arrays yet but I looked around and felt that it was easier to use in this situation.

Yes, that is my intent. I know that they're pretty useless but the professor wanted us to add them anyways. Thanks for explaining that the statements aren't even being used during the calculations. Like I said, I haven't even learned about arrays so I never would of guessed that. I'll try to fix it later tonight with what you said in mind.

Thanks again everyone for the help, your explanations made it easier for me to solve my problem. I hope someday I'll be able to help you guys too!