Thread: I'm unsure of what is wrong with this code

I have some homework and thought that i got it correct. but when i compile i get the below error. it shows up after i enter my 8 numbers. Also fair warning, i'm not sure why some of the lines aren't indented properly because that isn't how they show up in my code.

Enter a batting average:
.299
Enter a batting average:
.157
Enter a batting average:
.242
Enter a batting average:
.203
Enter a batting average:
.198
Enter a batting average:
.333
Enter a batting average:
.270
Enter a batting average:
.190
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 8
at BattingAverage.main(BattingAverage.java:60)

import java.util.Scanner;
public class BattingAverage
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
		// Declare a named constant for array size here.
		int arraySize = 8;
 
		// Declare array here.
		double[] averages = new double[arraySize];
 
		// Use this integer variable as your loop index.
		int i; 
 
		// Use this variable to store the batting average input by user.
		double x;
 
		// String version of batting average input by user.
		String averageString; 
 
		// Use these variables to store the minimim and maximum batting averages.
		double min, max;
 
		// Use these variables to store the total and the average.
		double total, average; 
 
		// Write a loop to get batting averages from user and assign to array.
		for(i=0; i < arraySize; i++){
		   System.out.println("Enter a batting average: ");
 
		   averageString  = s.nextLine();
		   x = Double.parseDouble(averageString);
		   // Assign value to array.
		   averages[i] = x;
        }
		// Assign the first element in the array to be the minimum and the maximum.
		min = averages[0];
		max = averages[0];
		// Start out your total with the value of the first element in the array.
		total = averages[0]; 
		// Write a loop here to access array values starting with averages[1]
		for(i=1; i < arraySize; i++){
		   // Within the loop test for minimum and maximum batting averages.
		   if(averages[i] > max){
               max = averages[i];
           }
           if(averages[i] < min){
               min = averages[i];
           }
		   // Also accumulate a total of all batting averages.
		   total = total + averages[i];
        }
 
 
		// Calculate the average of the 8 averages.
		average = total / arraySize;
 
		// Print the averages stored in the averages array. 
		System.out.println(averages[i]);
		// Print the maximum batting average, minimum batting average, and average batting average. 
		System.out.println("Minimum batting average is " +min);
        System.out.println("Maximum batting average is " +max);
        System.out.println("Average batting average is " +average);
		System.exit(0);
 
	}
}

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 8
at BattingAverage.main(BattingAverage.java:60)

At line 60 the code used an index (8) that was past the end of the array. The valid indexes for An array with 8 elements is 0 to 7.

Look at line 60 and see why it used an index of 8.

Note: Defining for loop control indexes outside of the for loop is a poor technique.
It is recommended to do it this way:

   for(int i=0; i<max;i++)     // define i inside the for loop

If you want to save a value of the index, use another variable.

that is how everyone shows it

They are wrong. That is NOT the right way to code for loops.

what is wrong with it.

i has a value that is past the end of the array. The max array index is 7 for an array with 8 elements.
What value do you want to print? Where is that value located?

sorry for the misunderstanding, what i meant was that declaring the variable in the for loop is how i have seen people doing it, only that the class i'm taking will count my answer wrong if i do that since it supplied the variables.

i am trying to print the entire array, and i just realized that what i wrote is trying to print a single value of an array. and since i last equaled 8 that is what it is trying to print.

EDIT: i got the program to work! thanks for the help!