Thread: Not sure where my problem is

Hello all, I have an assignment for my programming class. Quite frankly, I wouldn't be taking it if it wasn't required for my degree.

Up to this point, I took 2 classes of C++. And I was told that Java and C++ were so very similar that I wouldn't have much trouble transitioning.

Well, I'm getting an error message, and I'm not sure where the problem is.

this is my itty bitty program such as it is:

public class Main {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("Please input a 5 digit number");
 
	int input = in.nextInt();
        int num1=0, num2=0, num3=0, num4=0, num5=0;
 
        while (input > 0)
        {
            System.out.println(input % 10);
            input = input /10;
        }
    }
}

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Well, I'm getting an error message, and I'm not sure where the problem is.

Posting the error you're getting, helps us help you rather than us guessing what you're seeing. If it's a run time error, copy the console contents and post that.

I was using the code brackets on a C++ forum when I was taking those classes. I took a shot in the dark to see whether or not those brackets would work here too. Glad I was right.

I'm using NetBeans 8.0.

Here is the error message:
run:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - cannot find symbol
symbol: class Scanner
location: class chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30.Chapter2Exercise2 30
at chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30.Chapter2Exercise2 30.main(Chapter2Exercise230.java:7)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 2 seconds)

Mind you, I'm not seeing anything about inputting any numbers (which is the whole goal of this project)

Originally Posted by mattig89ch

I'm using NetBeans 8.0.

Here is the error message:

run:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - cannot find symbol
symbol: class Scanner
location: class chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30.Chapter2Exercise2 30
at chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30.Chapter2Exercise2 30.main(Chapter2Exercise230.java:7)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 2 seconds)

That is the opposite of a "successful" build. The compiler cannot turn your code into a real class you can instantiate.

NetBeans should show you exactly what is wrong. Hint: if you don't know what Scanner is, how does the compiler? Scanner belongs to a named package, not the default package, and you don't define it in this code. Where does it come from? What would you do in a C++ class that needed another class?

I would reference the location of that other class at the top of the file with an include statement. Do I have to include something? I didn't see anything includes in the text book.

In C/C++ the include is used as a pre-processor directive to identify other libraries needed to compile the source code. In java, the import statement is used to identify other sources of code needed to compile the program. In this case, as already mentioned, the compiler doesn't know what Scanner is, and Netbeans should be indicating that with red squigglies or some other indicator that the Scanner class is unknown. If you hover your mouse over the indicator, there may even be fixes offered to correct the problem, but I'm not 100% sure how Netbeans works.

I took another look at the text book. Yea, I needed to use an import statment. that line was buried. took me 20 min to find it.
For those who are wondering, you need to use import java.util.Scanner;.

right now, i'm trying to put some bells and whistles into my program. Trying to reverse the order of the numbers being displayed. Right now they are last to first, I want them to be first to last.

My idea to do this was to use an array, and have the numbers write to the array. Then have the array output in reverse order. Trouble is, trying to declare the array is giving me an error.

Heres the error message I'm getting:

ant -f "C:\\Users\\Matt\\Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\Cha pter 2 Exercise 2.30" -Dnb.internal.action.name=build jar
init:
Deleting: C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\build\built-jar.properties
deps-jar:
Updating property file: C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\build\built-jar.properties
Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\build\classes
C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\src\chapter\pkg2\exercise\pkg2\pkg30\Chapter2 Exercise230.java:14: error: ']' expected
int[5] numbers=0;
C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\src\chapter\pkg2\exercise\pkg2\pkg30\Chapter2 Exercise230.java:14: error: not a statement
int[5] numbers=0;
C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\src\chapter\pkg2\exercise\pkg2\pkg30\Chapter2 Exercise230.java:14: error: illegal start of expression
int[5] numbers=0;
3 errors
C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\nbproject\build-impl.xml:923: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\Users\Matt\Documents\NetBeansProjects\Chapter 2 Exercise 2.30\nbproject\build-impl.xml:263: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 1 second)


And Heres the code I'm working with:

 
package chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30;
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Chapter2Exercise230 {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("Please input a 5 digit number");
 
	int input = in.nextInt();
        int num1=0, num2=0, num3=0, num4=0, num5=0;
        int[5] numbers=0;
        /*        
        while (input > 0)
        {
            System.out.println(input % 10);
            input = input /10;
        }
        */
 
 
    }
}

The Oracle tutorials and the API pages are great references for these annoying syntax and similar questions until you get the hang of them - and move on to more advanced annoyances. Usually, simply Googling "java array" will list the Oracle documentation or tutorial page as the first result.

Believe it or not that exact same google search lead me to a page where I got that syntax I was trying to use above. I'll have a look at that web page, could you tell me what i'm looking for more specifically?

Really? You found something like this:

int[5] numbers=0; // ? - more of a C statement

Compare that to the two sections of this page. The first is named "Declaring a Variable to Refer to an Array," and the next.

well, the brackets were empty. But, yea.

Empty for a reason: that's the correct way to declare an array variable in Java.

Clarify the assignment. Is it to get a 5-digit number from the user and then repeat it backwards? If the user inputs '12345' the program prints '54321'. Is that the assignment? If so, and if that's all there is to do, then an array is not necessary, but clarify first, and we'll go from there.

Yep, thats the whole reason for the array. And technically, I don't need to do that. But, if I'm going to be forced to learn a small amount of this language, I might as well pull out all the stops for every homework/lab assignment I have to do (so long as I have time to do it).

The only other thing I can see to make this program better (asside from reversing the output) is to have some way of checking the amount of numbers the user inputs into the program. So if they put in 4 or 6 numbers, an error message comes back saying something like 'thats too many/few numbers'.

But one thing at a time. Yes, if a user puts in 12345, I want it to spit out 1 2 3 4 5. Not 5 4 3 2 1

oh yea, that was my goal. trouble is, delcaring that array. I can't quite figure out how to declare the array.

Do you really want to do this with numbers? I can see that this probably makes for a better learning experience, but the more simpler way would be to cast the number to a string and to iterate over its characters.
You could do this with only a few lines of code.

See now, I have no idea what you just said cornix. This is the first program that i've written in java in 4 years or so.

ok, heres what I came up with:

 
package chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30;
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class Chapter2Exercise230 {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.println("Please input a 5 digit number");
 
	int input = in.nextInt();
        //int num1=0, num2=0, num3=0, num4=0, num5=0;
 
        int[] numbers;
 
        numbers = new int[5];
 
        for (int i = 5; i > 0; i--)
        {
 
            numbers[i] = (input % 10);
            input = input /10;
        }
 
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            System.out.println(numbers[i]);
        }
 
    }
}

It compiles just fine, but when I tried to run it I got this error message:

run:
Please input a 5 digit number
12345
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 5
at chapter.pkg2.exercise.pkg2.pkg30.Chapter2Exercise2 30.main(Chapter2Exercise230.java:23)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 8 seconds)

An array with a size of 5 can hold exactly 5 elements at the indices 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
You tried to access the index 5, which would be the sixth element in the array, and this index is out of bounds.
Thats why you got the ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.



My suggestion about the String would involve creating a new Object of type String that would read the number. Surely there are Strings in C++ so I suppose you know what this is.
Once you have a String object you can iterate over all characters in the String.

So instead of starting the loop at 5 I shoud star it at 4, and end it at -1 instead of 0? Do I have that right?

If it enters the loop with -1 you will get the same exception. The values need to be between 0 and 4 (inclusive). Surely arrays work the same way in C++, dont they?

Im confused. Which loop are we talking about? The first one or the second one?