Thread: help using loop

Ok heres a hint.

For your while loop, your going to want it to look something around

int number, sum, numamount; // You can change the variable names.
while(input>=0)
{ // Begin while statement
System.out.println("Enter  a  number  that  is  positive  or  zero: "); // Get the next number
number = input.nextInt();
 
sum = sum+number; // Get the sum so far.
numamount++; // Get the number amount so far.
} // End while statement.
double average = sum/numamount;  //Get the average.
System.out.println("You have entered " + numamount + " numbers"); // Output amount of numbers
System.out.println("Total of the numbers you entered is " + sum); // Output sum of numbers
System.out.println("Average of the numbers is " + average); // Output average of numbers.

im gettin an error at
while (input >=0)..is something missing?

Oh I've seen that error. Do this instead for the while loop

while(input>-1)

it did the same thing..it says operator > is undefined for the argument type Scanner.int

Oh duh, I fail fix it to look like

while(number>-1)

did the same thing again

Originally Posted by Tjstretch

Ok if you have yahoo message me

That goes against the purpose of a forum. What's wrong with discussing the problem here?

You wouldn't be collecting email addresses for spamming, now... or would you?

db

it fixed that problem but when i run it it constantly keeps asking me to put in a number when i only want to enter about 4 or 5 numbers and and then calculate the sum and average of those #'s

btw this is now what it looks like

import java.util.Scanner ; 
 
public class Assign6_Roberts{
 
	public static void main (String [] args){
		//Create Scanner
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
 
		int number = 0, sum = 0, numamount = 0; // You can change the variable names.
		while(number >-1)
		{ // Begin while statement
		System.out.println("Enter  a  number  that  is  positive  or  zero: "); // Get the next number
		number = input.nextInt();
 
		sum = sum+number; // Get the sum so far.
		numamount++; // Get the number amount so far.
		} // End while statement.
		double average = sum/numamount;  //Get the average.
		System.out.println("You have entered " + numamount + " numbers"); // Output amount of numbers
		System.out.println("Total of the numbers you entered is " + sum); // Output sum of numbers
		System.out.println("Average of the numbers is " + average); // Output average of numbers.
	}
}

bump......

you've posted this twice. i helped you with it in your other thread. you should check it out