Thread: Java Program help cleanup

The code here is working fine but the problem lies with the if else statements. Not that they do not work they do. But having said that I would like to clean it up some. When I implemented the if else statement it was to distinguish between Graduate and Undergrad. I would like to consolidate some of this code by removing repeated code. Both of the Graduate and Undergrad are extended classes from a Student class which is abstract.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

 
<if (choice == 1) {
                    do {//do while block
                        try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            // collect grades of tests
                            for (int i = 0; i < noTests; i++) {
                                System.out.printf("Enter grade number for %s %s %d: ", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname(), i + 1);
                                grad.setGrades(scan.nextInt());                           
                            flag = false;
                            }
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }
                    } while (flag);//End do loop
                    do {//do while block
                        try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            System.out.printf("Enter Midterm grade for: %s %s ", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname());
                            grad.setmidtermgrad(scan.nextInt());
                            flag = false;
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }
                    } while (flag);//End do loop
                    do {
                        try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            System.out.printf("Enter final grade for: %s %s ", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname());
                            grad.setfinalgrade(scan.nextInt());
                            flag = false;
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }
                    } while (flag);//End do loopp                  
                    //collect information and display results
                    System.out.printf("Average grade for: %s %s %.2f\n", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname(), grad.getGradeAvg());
                    System.out.printf("THE FINAL GRADE FOR STUDENT: %s %s %.2f\n", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname(), grad.getFinalGrade());
                } else if (choice == 2) {//begin else statement
                    do {//do while block
                        try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            // collect grades of tests
                            for (int i = 0; i < noTests; i++) {
                                System.out.printf("Enter grade number %d: ", i + 1);
                                Grad.setGrades(scan.nextInt());
                            }
                            flag = false;
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }
                    } while (flag);//End do loop
                    do {
                        try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            System.out.printf("Enter final grade for: %s %s ", Grad.getFirstname(), Grad.getLastname());
                            Grad.setfingrade(scan.nextInt());
                            flag = false;
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }
                    } while (flag);//End do loop
                    System.out.printf("Average grade for: %s %s %.2f\n", Grad.getFirstname(), Grad.getLastname(), Grad.getGradeAvg());
                    System.out.printf("THE FINAL GRADE FOR STUDENT: %s %s %.2f\n", Grad.getFirstname(), Grad.getLastname(), Grad.getFinGrade());
                }>

thanks I did that

If you use these code multiple times.

 try {//try catch block for exception handeling
                            System.out.printf("Enter Midterm grade for: %s %s ", grad.getFirstname(), grad.getLastname());
                            grad.setmidtermgrad(scan.nextInt());
                            flag = false;
                        } catch (InputMismatchException IME) {//catch begin
                            System.err.printf("Exception!\nYou must enter a number. Please try again.\n", IME);//check for improper imput
                            scan.nextLine();                            
                            flag = true;//return to top if ture is false
                        }

You might be able to store those in a subclass.
And then you only need for example: subclass() to execute that code.
That saves some lines, and when you need to change something in that part you only have to do it one time and not multiple times.

okay but I was thinking more about the Graduate and Undergrad choices and responses.
how can i get with the user choice of Graduate or Undergrad response to be coincided.

example for both Graduate and Undergrad the question of number of tests and the question of midterm and final grade without repeating those questions?