Thread: Easy Java Problem

Hi,
I have to create a simple program that takes an unknown amount of grades and averages them using Scanner. The program is supposed to allow any amount of grades as long as the numbers fall between 0 and 100. I know what I have isn't even close to finished, and that I'm supposed to use a for loop but I provided it to give insight into what I need. I can write the method easily enough, my biggest problem is just making scanner accept multiple values . If I could do that, I could finish it.

	int h;
 
 
		do{
 
		Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Enter grades to average: ");
		h = kb.nextInt();
 
 
		} while (h>0);

Thank you,
Troop

Oh, right, I meant a do while loop. I haven't exactly finished writing the method to obtain the average, my main question is how do you input multiple values using scanner? As in, I want to make it so I can enter 3 values on time (70+90+80) and 5 values using the same code and input (90+90+80+100+95) another time.

I dont see the need for a loop in this.

A much simpler way would be this:


int grade1, grade2, grade3;

System.out.println("Enter 3 grades to find average: ");
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

grade1 = scan.nextInt();
grade2 = scan.nextInt();
grade3 = scan.nextInt();

int sum = (grade1 + grade2 + grade3);
int average = (sum/3);

System.out.println("the average of those 3 grades is " +average);



create 3 integers: grade1, grade2, grade3
(the 3 numbers you type in using the Scanner will be assigned to these 3 integers)

To request 3 numbers you just type it out 3 times like i have done in my code, I dont think you want a loop for this.

Then create an integer called sum which adds up the 3 values the user typed in

Then create an integer called average which just divides the integer sum by 3.

And then print out the integer average using + after the quotation marks.


By the way this assumes the user is going to type in values 0-100. Im not sure what to do if they type an integer outside the range you want.

Im all new to this too.

Originally Posted by Staticity

A loop is necessary for this program because you do not know how many grades the user is going to enter. Read his previous message.

Ah right, for some reason i thought he wanted to type in 3 grades.

If your tutor or assignment advises to use a for loop you may want something like this:

Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
int count, n, sum = 0;
//count is number of integers to be read
//n is used to store the number and read in from keyboard
//sum is used to keep current total

System.out.println("enter the number of integers to be added: ");
count = input.nextInt();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
System.out.println("Enter the next integer: ");
n = input.nextInt();
sum = sum + n;
}
System.out.println("The total sum is " + sum);
System.out.println("The average is " + sum / count);

It sounds like you need to learn about arrays. Using an ArrayList, you can add items to an object array (you have to wrap the grades in an integer object wrapper) and then average them all at the end. This may be what your teacher would want you to do. (if not, it would certainly look good, because it allows you to access all of the individual grades) However, if you just want to find the average then your code would only need to look something like this:

int total = 0;
int numberOfGrades = 0;

while (conditions){
... //handle the input
total += input;
numberOfGrades ++;
}

int average = total / numberOfGrades;


This way, you don't have to make the user input the number of grades to be entered before hand (which would kind of defeat the purpose) but any number of grades could be entered until your specifications were met.

No, that doesn't fit with the programs specifications and we want to avoid providing fully executable code. Your example only provides the average for 3 numbers (granted, it works for as many 3 number sets as you want, but still only 3 numbers), not for an indefinite quantity, like he needs.