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    Default Cumulative array

    Hi,

    I'm a beginner at java programming and I've got some trouble with creating an array containing cumulative values of the original array.

    For example - given { 1, 2.01, 3, 4, 5, 6 }, use code to get an array {1, 3.01, 6.01, 10.01, 15.01, 21.01 }.

    The code I have at the moment is:
     public double[] accumulate() {
            double[] accumulate;
            accumulate = new double[observations.length]; 
            accumulate[0] = observations[0];
            for (int i=1; i < observations.length.length; i++) {
               accumulate[i] = observations[i]+ observations[i-1] ;
            }
             return accumulate;
      }

    where "observations[]" is the original array we're given.

    I don't know where I'm going wrong, but where I'm supposed to get 6.01 I get 5.01 instead. Any help or advice would be appreciated


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    Default Re: Cumulative array

    You're only adding up the current element and the immediate previous element of observations. Instead, you should be taking the current element of observations and adding that to the previous element in accumulate (since that holds the sum of all previous observations).

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    Ahh that makes a lot more sense now! Thank you so much!!

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