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Thread: Java Help...

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    Default Java Help...

    I need to create a method which totals a series of positive integers which the user enters from the keyboard. The user will type in each value followed by an <Enter> keypress. After the last value the user will type a negative value: this is the terminal sentinel.

    So far, the code which I have in the class Looping:
     public static void main(String[] args){
              int count =0;
              int sum= 1;
              do
              { 
                  System.out.println(+ count + sum);      
                  count++;
                  sum += count;
                }while(count <=4);
            }
        }

    import java.util.Scanner;
     
     
    /**
     * InputReader reads typed text input from the standard text terminal. 
     
     */
    public class InputReader
    {
        private Scanner reader;
     
        /**
         * Create a new InputReader that reads text from the text terminal.
         */
        public InputReader()
        {
            reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        }
     
        /**
         * Accesses a String typed in text terminal
         * 
         * @returns String value input
         */
        public String getString()
        {
            String input = reader.nextLine();
            return input;
        }
     
        /**
         * Accesses a int typed on a single line in text terminal
         * 
         * @returns int value input
         */
        public int getInt()
        {
            int input = reader.nextInt();
            reader.nextLine();
            return input;
        }
     
    }
    Last edited by xs4rdx; February 18th, 2010 at 07:20 AM.


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    Default Re: Java Help...

    You're really almost there, aren't you? I don't understand what the problem is. You have all the code written... now you just have to put it together.

    ReadAndSum()
    1. sum := 0
    2. input := 0
    3. while input >= 0
    4.    do Display("The nth partial sum is ", sum) ! this is optional
    5.    sum := sum + input
    6.    input := ReadInteger()
    7. Display("The sum is ", sum)

    The translation from pseudocode is pretty straightforward... you already know how to Display(...) and ReadInteger().

    One thing: you need to be careful about how you're printing out the count and sum. Try this...

    System.out.println("(count, sum) =  (" + count + ", " + sum+ ")");
    Let me know what you think of my website:
    http://www.auburn.edu/~carpept
    Comments or suggestions are appreciated!

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    xs4rdx (February 21st, 2010)