Thread: New to Java I am a bit puzzled with my code

Hello Everyone!
I am new to Java and this site as well, I am in a computer science course at my university and we are being asked to solve math problems. I know my code is not correct, however our professor was not too clear on how to write it.. this is what I have so far

import java.awt.Point;
public class AvogtA03 {

public static void main (String[] args) {

double X1 = 7;
double X2 = 0;
double y1 = 28;
double y2 = 28;



double distanceOne = Math.sqrt(((X2-X1)*(X2-X1))+((y2-y1)*(y2-y1)));
double slopeOne = (y2-y1) / (X2-X1)



System.out.println("Distance One = " + distanceOne) ;
System.out.println("Slope One = " + slopeOne) ;

}
}

I am solving for distance and slope of two points, If you do give me the answer to correcting my code please explain why so I could take note for future reference. Thank you so much for all of your help.

Originally Posted by Elle_Le_Belle

Hello Everyone!
I am new to Java and this site as well, I am in a computer science course at my university and we are being asked to solve math problems. I know my code is not correct, however our professor was not too clear on how to write it.. this is what I have so far

import java.awt.Point;
public class AvogtA03 {

public static void main (String[] args) {

double X1 = 7;
double X2 = 0;
double y1 = 28;
double y2 = 28;



double distanceOne = Math.sqrt(((X2-X1)*(X2-X1))+((y2-y1)*(y2-y1)));
double slopeOne = (y2-y1) / (X2-X1)



System.out.println("Distance One = " + distanceOne) ;
System.out.println("Slope One = " + slopeOne) ;

}
}

I am solving for distance and slope of two points, If you do give me the answer to correcting my code please explain why so I could take note for future reference. Thank you so much for all of your help.

Answer:
first of all the variables should not start with capital letters...(X1,X2)..and try with (x1-x2) and (y1-y2) instead of (x2-x1) and (y2-y1) respectively..all d best...and please let me know if my answer has any worth for you.. Jay...:-)

First of all the variables should not start with capital letters...(X1,X2)..and try with (x1-x2) and (y1-y2) instead of (x2-x1) and (y2-y1) respectively..all d best...and please let me know if my answer has any worth for you.. Jay...
:-)

I am solving for distance and slope of two points,

Can you solve the problem manually or with a calculator?
What are the steps you need to do to solve the problem?

I know how to conduct the problem manually just fine, but the point of the class is to learn how to make a program that runs it every time I compile in JGRASP I recieve the following message

AvogtA03.java:14: error: unexpected type
double slopeOne = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)
^
required: class
found: value
1 error

and I cannot distinguish the proper way to solve it. So I guess that is my main problem.

Thank you so much by the way for the help (: It means alot.

i m again telling you dat try wid (x1-x2) n (y1-y2) instead of (x2-x1) n (y2-y1)...it will be more suitable for ur particular question...n equation will remain same in both the ways..so just try dat...ok?