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    Default Help with a homework problem

    I am doing an assignment that is asking for the user to put in the radius of a circle and the program figures out the area, diameter and circumference. It is using 2 different java programs to accomplish this. One with the info on how to get area, diameter and circumference and one is the demo that runs the program. I keep getting errors on my demo.
    //  Circle Class
     
    public class Circle
    {
      private double rad;
      private double Pie;
      private double area;
      private double diameter;
      private double circumference;  
     
     
      public Circle(double Radius, double PI, double Area, double Diameter, double Circumference)
      {
        Radius = rad;
        PI = Pie;
        Pie =3.14159;
        Area = area;
        Diameter = diameter;
        Circumference = circumference;
     
      }
    That is the first part and the second is:

    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    //  Circle Demo
     
    public class CircleDemo
    {
      public static void main(String [] args)
      {
     
      System.out.println("Rich Simmerman  3/4/2014/n/n");
     
      double circleRadius;
     
     
     
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
     
     
      System.out.println("Enter the radius of the circle: ");
      circleRadius = keyboard.nextDouble();
     
    [I] Circle data = new Circle(circleRadius);[/I]
     
      System.out.println("The circle's area is " + data.getArea());
     
      System.out.println("The circle's diameter is " + data.getDiameter());
     
      System.out.println("The circle's circumference is " + data.getCircumference());
     
     
      }
    }

    I am really just starting out and not sure what I'm doing.


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    Default Re: Help with a homework problem

    I keep getting errors
    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here. It has important info about the errors.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Help with a homework problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Please copy the full text of the error message and paste it here. It has important info about the errors.
    1 error found:
    File: C:\Users\rich\Desktop\CircleDemo.java [line: 22]
    Error: constructor Circle in class Circle cannot be applied to given types;
    required: double,double,double,double,double
    found: double
    reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length

    --- Update ---

    Sorry I didn't copy the whole first part of the program

    //  Circle Class
     
    public class Circle
    {
      private double rad;
      private double Pie;
      private double area;
      private double diameter;
      private double circumference;  
     
     
      public Circle(double Radius, double PI, double Area, double Diameter, double Circumference)
      {
        Radius = rad;
        PI = Pie;
        Pie =3.14159;
        Area = area;
        Diameter = diameter;
        Circumference = circumference;
     
      }
     
     
     
     
      public void setRad(double Radius)
      {
        rad = Radius;
      }
     
     
     
      public double getRad()
      {
        return rad;
      }
     
      public double getArea()
      {
        return Pie * rad * rad;
      }
     
      public double getDiameter()
      {
        return rad * 2;
      }
     
      public double getCircumference()
      {
        return 2 * Pie * rad;
      }
    }

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    Default Re: Help with a homework problem

    The compiler found a call to a constructor that did NOT have the correct args.
    The compiler found: a call to a constructor that used a double
    but the constructor required: double,double,double,double,double

    Look at the constructor for the Circle class, make a note of the args it takes and then code the new statement that calls the constructor to use the required args.

    A question: Why are these values passed to the constructor:
    PI, Area, Diameter, Circumference

    PI I assume is the constant. No need to pass it
    The other 3 are supposed to be computed by the class
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    Default Re: Help with a homework problem

    That's why I'm asking, I 'm still new to this and just starting out. Most still doesn't make sense to me yet. This is only my 3rd assignment, most of the others have been pretty simple.

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    Ok, thanks!

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