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Thread: Help with beginner code

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    Default Help with beginner code

    Hi, My child is appearing for class x exams and is having difficulty with java programming. Is writing different programs but is having difficulty understanding where is going wrong. Can someone please look at this code to sort 15 numbers in descending order using selection sort

    //program to accept 15 numbers and print them in descending order using selection sort
    import java.io.*;
    public class sort
    {
    public static void main(String[]args)throws IOException
    {
    BufferedReader userin= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    int i;int j;int pos;int max;int t; //
    int n[]=new int[15];
    for(i=0;i<15;i++)
    {
    System.out.println("Enter a number");
    n[i]=Integer.parseInt(userin.readLine());
    }

    for(i=0;i<14;i++);
    {
    max=n[i];
    pos=i;

    for(j=i+1;j<15;j++);
    {
    if(n[i] < n[j])
    n[j]=max;
    pos=j;
    }

    }

    t=n[i];
    n[i]=n[pos];
    n[pos]=t;
    for(i=0;i<15;i++)
    {
    System.out.println(n[i]);

    }
    }
    }


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    Default Re: Help with beginner code

    Try to post code in a formatted way so we can see what's going on.

    One error that jumps out is this:
    for(j=i+1;j<15;j++);
    {
    //do something
    }

    The semi-colon will end the for loop right there and it won't do what's in the curly brackets.

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    Default Re: Help with beginner code

    Please edit your post and wrap your code with
    [code=java]
    <YOUR CODE HERE>
    [/code]
    to get highlighting and preserve formatting.

    Also format the code with proper indentations to show logic nesting levels.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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