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Thread: Java assignment, concerning Arrays and Loops

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    I'm incredibly new to writing Java code (using Netbeans, by the way). For my assignment, I have to use arrays to calculate the sum, average, largest, and smallest of any number of test scores. In addition, I have to use a "for loop" to tally up the number of A'S, B'S, C'S, D'S, and F'S (ex. "The number of students with scores of 90-100 (A) is 4", etc. for each letter grade) based on the test scores. All this has to be shown in a message box. I have a message box that will come up to let the user input how many test scores there will be, and what they are. I can calculate the sum, average, largest, and smallest parts of this assignment, but I can't get the latter half of the assignment done right. Instead of "The number of students with scores of 90-100 (A) is (insert calculated number here)" showing up, I get "The number of students with scores of 90-100 (A) is 0", and this happens for each letter grade I'm trying to determine. I'm not sure why the 0 is showing up. Here is my code:


    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    public class ArrayProject3 {
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            String response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Number of scores:");
            int number = Integer.parseInt(response);
            int scores[] = new int[number];
            for (int a = 0; a < number; a++) {
                response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter score " + (a+1));
                scores[a] = Integer.parseInt(response);
            }
            int count = 0;
            int gradeA = 0;
            int gradeB = 0;
            int gradeC = 0;
            int gradeD = 0;
            int gradeF = 0;
            int sum = 0;
            int largest = scores[0];
            int smallest = scores[0];
     
            for (int i = 0; i < scores.length; i++) {
                sum = sum + scores[i];
                if (scores[i] > largest) {
                    largest = scores[i];
                }
                if (scores[i] < smallest) {
                    smallest = scores[i];
                }
                if (scores[i] <= 90 && scores[i] >= 100){
                    gradeA = count++;}
                if (scores[i] <= 80 && scores[i] >= 89){
                    gradeB = count++;}
                if (scores[i] <= 70 && scores[i] >= 79){
                    gradeC = count++;}
                if (scores[i] <= 60 && scores[i] >= 69){
                    gradeD = count++;}
                if (scores[i] <= 60){
                    gradeF = count++;}
                }
     
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The sum is " + sum
                    + "\nThe average is " + (sum / scores.length)
                    + "\nThe largest is " + largest
                    + "\nThe smallest is " + smallest
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 90-100 (A) " + gradeA
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 80-89 (B) " + gradeB
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 70-79 (C) " + gradeC
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 60-69 (D) " + gradeD
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores below 60 (F) " + gradeF);
        }
    }


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    Default Re: Java assignment, concerning Arrays and Loops

    First, inspect the logic of those if statements to get the gradeA,B,etc...a value can never be less than/equal to 90 AND greater than/equal to 100. Second, inspect how count is incremented each time through - each time it is looped count will increment, resulting in an incorrect grade count (hint: increment the variable itself).

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    Okay, I got the program working! THANK YOU for your help copeg. In my "for loop", I replaced the "&&" with just "&". I also removed the "count" variable completely and incremented the gradeA, gradeB, etc. variables inside the "for loop" with "gradeA = gradeA + 1". Here is the working code:

    import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
    public class ArrayProject3 {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
     
            String response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Number of scores:");
            int number = Integer.parseInt(response);
            int scores[] = new int[number];
            for (int a = 0; a < number; a++) {
                response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter score " + (a+1));
                scores[a] = Integer.parseInt(response);
            }
     
            int gradeA = 0;
            int gradeB = 0;
            int gradeC = 0;
            int gradeD = 0;
            int gradeF = 0;
            int sum = 0;
            int largest = scores[0];
            int smallest = scores[0];
     
            for (int i = 0; i < scores.length; i++) {
                sum = sum + scores[i];
                if (scores[i] > largest) {
                    largest = scores[i];
                }
                if (scores[i] < smallest) {
                    smallest = scores[i];
                }
                if (scores[i] >= 90 & scores[i] <= 100){
                    gradeA = gradeA + 1;}
                if (scores[i] <= 89 & scores[i] >= 80){
                    gradeB = gradeB + 1;}
                if (scores[i] <= 79 & scores[i] >= 70){
                    gradeC = gradeC + 1;}
                if (scores[i] <= 69 & scores[i] >= 60){
                    gradeD = gradeD + 1;}
                if (scores[i] < 60){
                    gradeF = gradeF + 1;}}
     
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The sum is " + sum
                    + "\nThe average is " + (sum / scores.length)
                    + "\nThe largest is " + largest
                    + "\nThe smallest is " + smallest
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 90-100 (A) " + gradeA
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 80-89 (B) " + gradeB
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 70-79 (C) " + gradeC
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores of 60-69 (D) " + gradeD
                    + "\nThe number of students with scores below 60 (F) " + gradeF);
        }
    }

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    Default Re: Java assignment, concerning Arrays and Loops

    I replaced the "&&" with just "&"
    Big difference between the two - while the code may 'work', stick to &&

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