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Thread: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

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    Default Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    // Practical 8 - Q7
    // Marcus Ward
    // 07/11/2011
    /* Program to allow user to enter amount they wish to deposit.
    Program will continue until user says 'No'. The current bank balance is €500.00 */
     
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    public class BankBalanceLoop
    {  
       public static void main(String[] args)
    	{
    	Scanner keyboardIn = new Scanner(System.in);
     
    	double balance = 500.00, newBalance, finalBalance, deposit; // declare variables
       char response = 'Y';
     
    	while (response == 'Y')
    	{
    	        System.out.println("Please enter the amount of your deposit: "); // get user input(to be repeated)
    	        deposit = keyboardIn.nextDouble();
    		System.out.println("Your new balance is" + newBalance);
    		newBalance = keyboardIn.nextDouble();
                    System.out.println("Do you want to make another balance ( Y or N)?");
    		response = keyboardIn.next().charAt(0);
       }
     
    	        finalBalance = balance + deposit;
    	        System.out.println("Your final balance is" + finalBalance);
                    finalBalance = keyboardIn.nextDouble();
     
      	}
    }

    Error
    BankBalanceLoop.java:16: cannot find symbol
    symbol : variable Y
    location: class BankBalanceLoop
    char response = Y;
    ^
    1 error
    Last edited by mwardjava92; November 9th, 2011 at 08:48 AM.


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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    The compiler can not find a definition for the variable: Y.
    Is Y a variable or did you forget the 's that would make it a character literal?

    I see that you have edited the post and changed the source.
    Does the program compile OK now?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Yeah I edited it so it's declared as 'Y' , but still not compiling.
    These are the 2 errors that I'm getting now:

    BankBalanceLoop.java:22: variable newBalance might not have been initialized
    System.out.println("Your new balance is" + newBalance);
    ^
    BankBalanceLoop.java:28: variable deposit might not have been initialized
    finalBalance = balance + deposit;
    ^

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    variable newBalance might not have been initialized
    You can fix that by Adding code to initialize the variable.

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Look at my post if you still need help, it is linked below.

    Initalizing Variables by TJStretch
    Last edited by Tjstretch; November 9th, 2011 at 12:33 PM.

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Sorry guys I'm still confused, I thought I have the variable initialised already ?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    I thought I have the variable initialised already
    The compiler doesn' think you have done it.
    Can you post the code where you think you have initialized the variables in the error messages?
    Do You understand there is a difference between defining a variable and giving it a value?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Quote Originally Posted by Tjstretch View Post
    Why the error occurs
    In the code above, it is intuitively obvious that someVariable will be initialized. However, because Java will not hard-code that, the compiler does not have the same intuition. Suppose you modified the if-statement in the above example to use the condition "1 == 2", making the new program:
    String someVariable;
    if(1 == 2) //This could be a while-loop, for-loop, switch statement, etc.
    {
      someVariable = "Butterflies";
    }
    System.out.println(someVariable); //The error will be here
    What is the compiler suppose to print out?
    In that example, I define the variable but do not give it a value. You can go to that message linked above for how to fix it.

    Here is, for all the compiler knows, what you are doing
    double newBalance; //Declare the variable
    while('a' == 'Y')
    {
      newBalance = 5; //This will never be called
      break;
    }
    System.out.println(newBalance);
    Last edited by Tjstretch; November 9th, 2011 at 12:44 PM.

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    char response = 'Y';

    while (response == 'Y')

    System.out.println("Do you want to make another balance ( Y or N)?");
    response = keyboardIn.next().charAt(0);

    This is where I thought I'd initialised the variable.

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Yes that variable is initialized. But what about the ones in the error messages in post #3?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    System.out.println("Please enter the amount of your deposit");
    deposit = keyboardIn.nextDouble();

    System.out.println("Your new balance is" + newBalance);
    newBalance = keyboardIn.nextDouble();

    So these aren't initialised yet ?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    No. Those are assignment statements.
    Where do you define the variables?

    Read the post on the other thread where this was explained.

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Not if there is ANY possibility that the code will not be executed.
    Are there any conditions that the controls if the code is executed?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    Ah now I get it, so I say newBalance =0 and deposit =0 ?

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    Default Re: Bank Balance - while loop - wont compile

    You can give it a value when you define it. All in one statement.

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