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Thread: I'm stuck

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    Default I'm stuck

    my programs with difficulty are below:

    Program 20: Alphabet.java
    Write a program that will receive 3 words, print out the word that comes last alphabetically despite whether it is uppercase or lowercase. Do this 3 times.

    I put: Please tell me my error.
    import java.lang.String;
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class Alphabet
    {
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
        Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please enter a word");
        String wordone=input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter another word");
        String wordtwo=input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter a third word");
        String wordthree=input.next();
        String wordfour=wordone.compareTo(wordtwo);
        String wordfive=wordtwo.compareTo(wordthree);
        String wordsix=wordone.compareTo(wordthree);
        System.out.println (wordfour);
        System.out.println (wordfive);
        System.out.println (wordsix);
     
       }
     
    }

    Program 21: Middle.java
    Write a program that will receive a person’s full name in one String object (don’t read in 3 names). Then receive a second person’s full name. Print out whether the 2 people have the same middle name or not. Do this 3 times.


    I am unable to understand how to print out only the middle name.

    I put:
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class Middle
    {
       public static void main(String[] args) 
       {
       Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
       System.out.println("Please enter your first name");
       String firstone=input.next();
       System.out.println("Please enter your middle name");
       String middleone=input.next();
       System.out.println ("Please enter your last name");
       String lastone=input.next();
       for(int i=0;i<length;i++)
       {
       System.out.println(middleone);
       }
     
      }
     
    }

    Program 22: WeCanWorkItOut.java
    Write a program that will receive 5 numbers and print out the largest number and the smallest number. Print the average.
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Random;
    public class GuessWhat
    {
    	public static void main (String[] args) 
    	{
    	GuessWhat example= new GuessWhat();
    	example.getRandomNumber();
    	}
     
     
        public void getRandomNumber()
        {
        int min=50;
        int max=100;
        Random randGenerator= new Random();
        int randomNum=randGenerator.nextInt(max-min+1)+ min;
        System.out.println("Random number generated is:" + randomNum);
        }
     
    }

    PLEASE HELP ME WITH OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO BECAUSE MY DEADLINE IS TOMORROW.
    Sincerely,
    ian


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    Program 22: WeCanWorkItOut.java
    Write a program that will receive 5 numbers and print out the largest number and the smallest number. Print the average.
    import java.util.Scanner;
    public class WeCanWorkItOut
    {
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {    
        Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please enter a number");
        double num1=input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter a second number");
        double num2=input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter a third number");
        double num3=input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter a fourth number");
        double num4=input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter a fifth and final number");
        double num5=input.nextDouble();
     
        if(num1<num2)
        if(num2<num3)
        if(num3<num4)
        if(num4<num5)
        {
        System.out.println("The first number entered is the smallest number");
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Some of the numbers might be equal");
        }
     
        if(num1>num2)
        if(num2>num3)
        if(num3>num4)
        if(num4>num5)
        {
        System.out.println("The first number entered is the largest number");
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Some of the numbers might be equal");
        }
     
        if(num1<=num2)
        if(num2<=num3)
        if(num3<=num4)
        if(num4<=num5)
        {
        System.out.println("There isn't a number with the lowest value as some or all of these numbers may be equal");
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Try entering other numbers");
        }
     
        if(num1>=num2)
        if(num2>=num3)
        if(num3>=num4)
        if(num4>=num5)
        {
        System.out.println("There isn't a number with the highest value as some or all of the values may be equal");
        }
        else
        {
        System.out.println("Try entering other numbers");
        }
     
        double average;
        average= (num1+num2+num3+num4+num5)/5;
        System.out.println ("Average:"+average);
     
        }
     
    }
    Program 24 Shoot.java
    Program Rock-Paper-Scissors. The computer will randomly choose a rock, paper, or scissors. The user will input their choice. Tell the user who won and what was thrown. Do this 3 teams and give the overall win total.
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    public class FinalShoot
    {
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
        Scanner scan= new Scanner (System.in);
        String personPlay;    //User's play -- "R", "P", or "S"
        String computerPlay;  //Computer's play -- "R", "P", or "S"
        int computerInt;      //Randomly generated number used to determine
                              //computer's play
     
        System.out.println ("Enter your play: r, p, or s");
        personPlay = scan.nextLine();
        personPlay = personPlay.toUpperCase();
     
        System.out.println("You selected: " + personPlay);
     
        //an array that consists of R, P and S
        String[] computerPlayArray = {"R", "P","S"};
        Random generator = new Random();
        int computerSelected = generator.nextInt(computerPlayArray.length);
        //System.out.println ("From 1 to 3: " + computerPlay);
        //int play = generator.nextInt(3) + 1;
     
        //int computerPlay = computerInt;
        //int choice1=R;
        //int choice2=P;
        //int choice3=S;
        computerPlay = computerPlayArray[computerSelected];
        System.out.println ("computer Play:" + computerPlay);
     
        if (personPlay.equals(computerPlay)){
           System.out.println ("It's a tie!");
        }
        else if (personPlay.equals("R")){
            if (computerPlay.equals("S"))
               System.out.println ("Rock crushes scissors. You win!");
            else if (computerPlay.equals("P"))
               System.out.println ("Paper beats rock. Computer wins!");
        }
        else if (personPlay.equals("P")){
            if (computerPlay.equals("R"))
                System.out.println ("Paper beats rock. You win!");
            else if (computerPlay.equals("S"))
                System.out.println ("Scissors cut paper. Computer wins!");
        }
        else if (personPlay.equals("S")){
             if (computerPlay.equals("R"))
                 System.out.println ("Rock crushes scissors. Computer wins!");
             else if (computerPlay.equals("P"))
                 System.out.println ("Scissors cut paper. You win!");
        }
     
     
         }
    }

    Program 25 TwoFace.java
    The computer will generate a coin flip and print out if it was heads or tails. Do this 10 times and print out the results.
    import java.util.Random;
    public class TwoFace
    {
    	public static void main (String[] args)
    	{
    	TwoFace example= new TwoFace();
    	example.getHeadCount();
    	}
     
     
        public void getRandomItem();
        {
        	String[]coinSides={"head","tail"};
        	Random randgenerator= new Random();
        	int randomNum= randgenerator.nextInt(coinSides.length);
     
        }
     
        	for(int i=0;i<=10;i++)
    Last edited by helloworld922; November 5th, 2009 at 01:05 AM.

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    Default Re: I'm stuck

    That's a lot for a single post, so I'm not going to go through all. But, for the first problem: read the API for String compareTo(Stirng s) method, it returns an int and not a string. Use these to compare equality and a series of conditionals to test the order. Alternatively (and this may help for the other problems as well) look at Arrays (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2), namely the sort method (hint read in values to an array)

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