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Thread: It's not printing out the correct percentage...

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    Default It's not printing out the correct percentage...

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    		getFile();
     
    		if (fastaFile != null) {
    			totalCount = countBase(getSequence(fastaFile), 'A')
    					+ countBase(getSequence(fastaFile), 'G')
    					+ countBase(getSequence(fastaFile), 'C')
    					+ countBase(getSequence(fastaFile), 'T');
     
    			System.out.println(getHeader(fastaFile));
    			System.out.printf("A: == (%1$1.0f%%)\r\n", (float) (countBase(
    					getSequence(fastaFile), 'A') / totalCount) * 100);
    		} else {
    			System.out.println("Invalid FASTA file chosen.");
    		}
    	}

    getFile(); - This just prompts the user to input the FASTA file.
    countBase(String sequence, char base); - This returns how many times the char base appears in the sequence.
    getSequence(File file); - This returns a certain part of the file (a String).

    My issue is this line:
    System.out.printf("A: == (%1$1.0f%%)\r\n", (float) (countBase(
    					getSequence(fastaFile), 'A') / totalCount) * 100);

    I need it to print it out like: A: == (45%), A: == (37%) etc. For some reason it keeps returning 0%. Though when I do a test for the countBase(); return for 'A', it tells me there are 242 character A's in the total count (which in this case is 511) which is (I did this via calculator: count / total * 100 - what I am trying to do but it isn't working) 47%. My question is how can I fix the above line to do that for me?

    Thanks.


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    Default Re: It's not printing out the correct percentage...

    Never-mind I got it to work:

    I had to add:
    System.out.printf("A: == (%1$1.0f%%)\r\n", ((float) countBase(
    					getSequence(fastaFile), 'A') / totalCount) * 100);

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