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    Default Judging

    Help please! I've been trying to make this work for a while. The problem is such:

    Write a program that allows the user to enter eight judges' scores and then outputs the points received by the contestant. Format your output with two decimal places. A judge awards points between 1 and 10, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. For example, if the scores are 9.2, 9.3, 9.0, 9.9, 9.5, 9.5, 9.6, and 9.8, the contestant receives a total of 56.90.

    I believe that I have nearly completed everything correctly. What I can't figure out is how to calculate the sum of the remaining 6 numbers of the Array which is assigned the variable total in the calculateScore method and retrieve the variable. My last print statement is supposed to read ("The score of "+contestant+" is "+total+":"). Not sure how to correctly call the method calculateScore or where to put the print message without receiving the error:cannot find symbol - variable contestant

    import java.util.Scanner;
    import javax.swing.*;
    public class Judging
    {
        public static void main(String[]args)//void, returns nothing
        {
            Scanner console = new Scanner (System.in);
            String contestant;
            double []scores = new double[8];
            int n = 8;
     
            do
            {
                System.out.println("What is the name of the contestant? ");
                contestant= console.nextLine();
     
                getData(scores,n,console);
     
     
            }
            while(true);
     
        }    
        private static void getData(double []scores, int n, Scanner console)
        {   
     
            double judge;
            for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
            {
                do
                {
                    System.out.print("Give the score for the judge number "+(i+1)+": ");
                    judge = console.nextDouble();
     
     
     
     
                if (judge < 1 || judge > 10)
                    System.out.println("Sorry!  The score must be between 1 and 10");
     
                else
                   scores[i] = judge;
                }
                while (judge < 1 || judge > 10);
                }
                    console.nextLine();
     
     
     
         }
     
        private static double calculateScore(double []scores, int n)
        {
                double minValue = scores[0];
                double maxValue = scores[0];
                double total = 0.00;
     
     
                if (scores[n] < minValue) 
                {
                    minValue = scores[n];
                }
                if (scores[n] > maxValue) 
                {
                    maxValue = scores[n];
                }
     
     
     
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) 
            {
                if (scores[n] != minValue && scores[n] != maxValue) 
                {
                    total = total + scores[n];
     
                    //System.out.println("The score of "+contestant+"is "+total+":");?????
                }
            }
     
            return total;
     
     
        }
     
    }
    Last edited by helloworld922; April 15th, 2010 at 10:15 PM.


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    Default Re: Judging

    I figured this out. Thanks.

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    Default Re: Judging

    Quote Originally Posted by gradstudent View Post
    I figured this out. Thanks.
    Good work
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