Simple Question (About Resetting a Class' Fields)

[dpapi95]

I am very Java illiterate and I need to know how would i set all the variables in the first class to null or 0 to make a new method to clear everything. Thanks so much


import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class studentMethods
{


private double totalScore;
private int count;
private String name;
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
/*


System.out.println("Please enter your name: ");
in.nextString = name;


*/
public void setName()
{


System.out.println("Please enter your name: ");

String name = in.nextLine();


}



public void addQuiz()
{
System.out.println();
System.out.print("How many grades will be entered?");
while(!in.hasNextInt())
{
System.out.print("Please enter an integer: ");
in.next();
}
int numberOfGrades = in.nextInt();
for(int i = 1; i <= numberOfGrades; i++)
{
System.out.println("Enter score "+ i +": ");
while(!in.hasNextDouble())
{
System.out.print("Please enter a number: ");
in.next();
}
double score = in.nextDouble();
totalScore = totalScore + score;
count++;
}
}


public void getTotalScore()
{

}
/*
the getAverageScore method needs to be able to divide the totalScore by the number of
grades. It must then PRINT the result in the format "[student's name]'s grade average is [averageScore]"
*/
public void getAverageScore()
{

double averageScore = totalScore / count;
System.out.printf(name + "'s grade average is %.2f\n", averageScore);


public void clearEverything()
{

}

public char promptContinue()
{
System.out.println("New Student?");
char contin = in.next().charAt(0);

return contin;
}
}







public class Student
{
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

public static void main(String[]args)
{
studentMethods grade = new studentMethods();
char contin = 'y';
while(contin == 'y'||contin == 'Y')
{
grade.setName();
grade.addQuiz();
grade.getTotalScore();
grade.getAverageScore();
contin = grade.promptContinue();
grade.clearEverything();
}

}

}

[dicdic]

1. Directly equate it to null or zero if it is public.
2. provide a setter for each variable and then set a value for it.
-setter method must be:
-return type is void
-access modifier is public
-parameter should be same as what your going to set
-name must start with set (lowercase) followed by name of variable (first letter must be in Uppercase)
ex:
private String myName;

public void setMyName(String myName) {
this.myName = myName;
}

-as you noticed, I have two variables with exactly same name, myName (instance variable) and myName(local variable a parameter)
to use the instance variable just put this keyword and dot( . ) operator. when not using this keyword, it means that the
variable you are accessing is the local not the instance.

3. just make/create another instance of that object using new keyword.

note: for integer, double and other primitive type (that holds numbers), the default value of them is zero unless it is declared as local variable.
it is not an error but the naming convention of class in java is always starts with upper case letter.

[dpapi95]

I still do not understand . I am way less java informed than you think.

[dicdic]

Which of my explanation you don't understand?
Please visit this site http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/
make sure to read the What is an Object, What is a Class and What is Inheritance in the link I've provided

[dpapi95]

can you show me an example of you setting one of my variables to null and 0

[dicdic]

can you show me an example of you setting one of my variables to null and 0

Okay. just a simple example:

public class Me {
      private String myName; // default value is "null" not null
      private int age; // default value is 0
 
      // a setter for myName
      public void setMyName(String myName) {
            this.myName = myName;
            /* sets the global variable myName equal to the parameter myName */
      }
 
      // a getter to get the value of myName
      /* access modifier should be public
          return type should be the same of Object type/primitive type of the variable
          method's name should start with get (lower case) followed by name of variable (first letter should be in upper case)
          no parameter should be accepted*/
     public String getMyName() {
          return myName; // returning the value of myName
     }
 
     // setter for age
     public void setAge(int age) {
          this.age = age;
     }
 
     // getter for age
     public int getAge() {
          return age;
     }
}

now let us test it using a main method

public class Test {
 
      // main method
      public static void main(String[] args) {
             // create an object of Me
             Me me = new Me(); // me is an object reference variable
             // next I'll try to print it
             System.out.println("Name " + me.getMyName());
             /* to access methods of Me class, just use the Object reference variable we declared above and use dot ( . ) operator before the name of method */
             System.out.println("Age " + me.getAge());
             // see what will be the output of the above prins
             // next, I'll set their value.
             me.setMyName("Monkey D Luffy");
             me.setAge(20);
             // then print it again
             System.out.println("Name " + me.getMyName());
             System.out.println("Age " + me.getAge());
      }
}

Hope you understand what the above codes do.

try to compile my example, I just created the code here so I'm not sure if it has compilation error, if it has compilation error, just paste the error here and I'll fix it.

[dpapi95]

Thanks alot

[GregBrannon]

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