Thread: exercise 168 and apologies for my last post

Hi, I'm sorry about the last post. I shouldn't just say "I don't get it" as the whole question. It's totally my fault. Anyways, I am having a problem with this code. I get an error no matter what I try. The error I'm getting right now is this:

"error cannot find symbol"

So, here is the code:

public class Item
{
  private int myN;
 
  public Item( int n )
  {
    myN = n;
  }
 
  public String toString()
  {
    return "Item: " + myN;
  }
 
  public int getN() 
  {
    return myN;
  }
 
  public static Item[] makeItemArray( int len )
  {
    Item[] a = new Item[ len ];
    int i;
    for ( i = 0 ; i < len ; i++ )
      a[ i ] = new Item( i );
    return a;
  }
}
 
public class MainClass
{
  public static void main( String[] args )
  {
 
//this is the part where I can edit the code:
 
    Item[] array = Item.makeItemArray( 10 );
    int nEvens = 0;
 
     for (Item item : array)
 
      for (i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++){
 
          if (i % 2 == 0){
 
              nEvens++;
 
          }
 
      }
 
    System.out.println( "There are " + nEvens + " evens." );
 
//that was it
  } 
}

I thought I was on the right track with the nested for-loops, but I'm not quite sure.

look at your loops:
for (i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++){

you did not declare a variable i that is why you end up
with compilation error cannot find symbol.
declare the type of that variable first before the naming.

for(int i = 0; i < .......... something like that.
kindly see this link for tutorial of loops:
Java Loops - for, while and do...while

Hey, I made it work. Thanks for referring me to the loops tutorial. I really appreciate it. I'll read it. Here is my code:

 
public class Item
{
  private int myN;
 
  public Item( int n )
  {
    myN = n;
  }
 
  public String toString()
  {
    return "Item: " + myN;
  }
 
  public int getN() 
  {
    return myN;
  }
 
  public static Item[] makeItemArray( int len )
  {
    Item[] a = new Item[ len ];
    int i;
    for ( i = 0 ; i < len ; i++ )
      a[ i ] = new Item( i );
    return a;
  }
}
 
public class MainClass
{
  public static void main( String[] args )
  {
    Item[] array = Item.makeItemArray( 10 );
    int nEvens = 0;
 
    public static void main( String[] args )
 
{
 
  Item[] array = Item.makeItemArray( 12 );
 
  int nEvens = 0;
 
  for (Item item : array)
 
      for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
 
          if (i % 2 == 0){
 
              nEvens = i / 2;
 
          }
 
      }
 
      nEvens++;
 
  System.out.println( "There are " + nEvens + " evens." );
 
}
 
    System.out.println( "There are " + nEvens + " evens." );
  } 
}

That worked perfectly.

--- Update ---

Thanks for pointing out the syntax error as well.

Your code compiles and runs for me with one minor fix.
The inner loop in MainClass needs to have it's index (i)
declared. Try for (int i = 0;...
instead of for (i = 0;...

@mageorge

Oh, no I know. I fixed the "i" to "int i" and it totally almost made it work. I didn't have to change much after that, besides make nEvens = i / 2; and increment nEvens after the loop was done. That was, until I noticed the MainClass. The problem is, the part you mentioned isn't editable code. It's preserved by the textbook. Thanks though.