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Thread: Logic to implement a program to display decimal place of a number

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    Smile Logic to implement a program to display decimal place of a number

    my recent post was already solved tnx for all the help guys

    but im getting stuck again regarding on that the same problem,the program must display how many DECIMAL PLACES a number has. (e.g I entered number20 on num1,so it should display that " THE FIRST NUMBER HAS TWO DECIMAL PLACES and so on...)

    "BUT" if i entered negative it should display
    "CANNOT PROCEED"
    i should only type numbers who are not negative.

    I used if-else statement:

    if (num1<=9) // this would tell that the numbers from 9 below have only 1 decimal place.

    else if (num1<=99) // also, this would tell that numbers from 99 below have 2 decimal places

    but what am i going to do if i entered negative numbers
    i tried this

    if (num1<0) and i tried this one (num1<= -1)
    i doesnt work.

    anyway my problem is not SYNTAX ERROR.
    im stuck with some LOGICAL ERRORS.

    hope anyone can help me again here

    tnx guys!!


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    Default Re: another problem with algorithms

    Hello chronoz13,

    if (num1 < 0) should work. See this example:

    public class Chronoz13 {
     
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        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            int myInt = -5;
     
            if(myInt < 0){
                System.out.println("Oi! No negative numbers!");
            }
        }
    }

    As expected, because the number is below 0, the Oi! No negative numbers! String is printed.
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    Smile Re: another problem with algorithms

    sorry for not posting my problem briefly,actually sir. its not my only problem..
    ill post the code


    import java.io.*;
    public class Main
     
    {
     
        private static BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
     
        public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException
     
        {
     
     
            String number1,number2,number3;
            int num1,num2,num3,decimalPlaces=0;
     
            System.out.print("Enter a number : ");
            number1=br.readLine();
            num1=Integer.parseInt(number1);
     
            System.out.print("Enter the second number : ");
            number2=br.readLine();
            num2=Integer.parseInt(number2);
     
            System.out.print("Enter the third number : ");
            number3=br.readLine();
            num3=Integer.parseInt(number3);
     
             if
                         (num<=9)                                              /* this part is running perfectly down to the
                          decimalPlaces=decimalPlaces+1;          third condition,if the number is <=999
                                                                                               */
            else if
                         (num1<=99)                                        
                         decimalPlaces=decimalPlaces+1;  
     
            else if 
                        (num1<=999)
                        decimalPlaces=decimalPlaces+2;
     
     
            else 
     
     
     
                    System.out.println("Cannot proceed");
     
                    System.out.print("The first number has "+decimalPlaces+" decimalplaces");
     
    }
    }

    the program is totally running it doesnt have syntax erros

    but the problem is ,its not running the way i expect to.

    the first three condition is running perfectly as i want to.. but in the last condition,
    if i entered number below 0 (negative numbers), it prints the condition ("CANNOT PROCEED")

    BUT IT ALSO PRINTS THE OTHER STRING ("the first number has " +decimalPlaces + " ");


    the only thing that i want to happen is this
    if i entered positive numbers then it will print the decimal places according to the condition that i make ,and it will print the string ("The first number has " +decimalPlaces+ " son on...");

    but if i entered negative numbers , the last condition will automatically do its job and print ONLY the string ("CANNOT PROCEED");

    just having some structure problem here..

    anyway sir.. tnx !!
    Last edited by chronoz13; June 11th, 2009 at 04:07 AM.

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