Thread: Error in code

Ok I don't know if I can delete my old post but http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...050-loops.html is useless I figured out that it wasn't a problem with my loop

I wrote this code twice once with arrays and once by doing a bunch of if statements because I thought maybe the array was causing the problem.

BUT, the problem I am getting with both examples is that I can't get the variable that I calculated inside of the if statements out or out of the for loop, and idk how to do this I have been looking at my book and googling just to see if I could find a way, but I can't so I come to you.


If Statement's

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class ChastainJosephCalculateGrades1 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		double Assignment1;
		double Assignment2;
		double Assignment3;
		double Assignment4;
		double Assignment5;
		double Assignment6;
		double AssignmentAvg;
		double Test1;
		double Test2;
		double TestAvg;
		double Final;
		double Lab;
		double Avg;
		String Input;
 
 
		System.out.println("Would you like to calculate your grade?(y/n)");
		Input = sc.nextLine();
 
		while(Input.equals("y") || Input.equals("Y")) {
 
			System.out.print("What was your first assignment grade?");
			Assignment1 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your second assignment grade?");
			Assignment2 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your third assignment grade?");
			Assignment3 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your fourth assignment grade?");
			Assignment4 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your fifth assignment grade?");
			Assignment5 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your sixth assignment grade?");
			Assignment6 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your first test grade?");
			Test1 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your second test grade?");
			Test2 = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your lab grade?");
			Lab = sc.nextDouble();
 
			System.out.print("What was your final exam grade?");
			Final = sc.nextDouble();
 
			if(Assignment1 < Assignment2 && Assignment1 < Assignment3 && Assignment1 < Assignment4 && Assignment1 < Assignment5 && Assignment1 < Assignment6) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment2 + Assignment3 + Assignment4 + Assignment5 + Assignment6) / 5;
			}else if(Assignment2 < Assignment1 && Assignment2 < Assignment3 && Assignment2 < Assignment4 && Assignment2 < Assignment5 && Assignment2 < Assignment6) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment1 + Assignment3 + Assignment4 + Assignment5 + Assignment6) / 5;
			}else if(Assignment3 < Assignment2 && Assignment3 < Assignment1 && Assignment3 < Assignment4 && Assignment3 < Assignment5 && Assignment3 < Assignment6) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment2 + Assignment1 + Assignment4 + Assignment5 + Assignment6) / 5;
			}else if(Assignment4 < Assignment2 && Assignment4 < Assignment3 && Assignment4 < Assignment1 && Assignment4 < Assignment5 && Assignment4 < Assignment6) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment2 + Assignment3 + Assignment4 + Assignment5 + Assignment6) / 5;
			}else if(Assignment5 < Assignment2 && Assignment5 < Assignment3 && Assignment5 < Assignment4 && Assignment5 < Assignment1 && Assignment5 < Assignment6) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment2 + Assignment3 + Assignment4 + Assignment1 + Assignment6) / 5;
			}else if(Assignment6 < Assignment2 && Assignment6 < Assignment3 && Assignment6 < Assignment4 && Assignment6 < Assignment5 && Assignment6 < Assignment1) {
				AssignmentAvg = (Assignment2 + Assignment3 + Assignment4 + Assignment5 + Assignment1) / 5;
			}
 
			TestAvg = (Test1 + Test2) / 2;
 
			Avg = (AssignmentAvg * .25) + (TestAvg * .30) + (Lab * .25) + (Final * .20);
 
			if(Avg >= 90) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is an A, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 80) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a B, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 70) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a C, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 60) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a D, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg < 60) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is an F, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}
 
			System.out.println("Do you want to calculate the grade of another student?");
			Input = sc.nextLine();
		}
	System.out.println("Thank you for using my Average Calculator, Bye bye!!.");
	}
}

Error:
C:\Users\Joseph Chastain\Desktop\CS Class\Assignments\ChastainJosephCalculateGrades1.j ava:83: error: variable AssignmentAvg might not have been initialized
Avg = (AssignmentAvg * .25) + (TestAvg * .30) + (Lab * .25) + (Final * .20);



Arrays

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class ChastainJosephCalculateGrades {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
 
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
		final int Assignments = 6;
		final int Tests = 2;
		double AssignmentAvg;
		double TestAvg;
		int Final;
		int Lab;
		double Avg;
 
		int[] AGrade = new int[Assignments];
		int[] TGrade = new int[Tests];
 
		System.out.println("Would you like to calculate your grades now?(y/n)");
		String Input = sc.nextLine();
 
		while(Input.equals("y") || Input.equals("Y")) {
 
			System.out.println("Enter your" + Assignments + " assignment grades.");
 
			for(int index = 0; index < Assignments; index++) {
				System.out.print("Assignment #" + (index + 1) + ": ");
				AGrade[index] = sc.nextInt();
 
				double lowest = AGrade[0];
				if(AGrade[index] < lowest) {
					lowest = AGrade[index];
				}
				AssignmentAvg = (AGrade[index] - lowest) / Assignments;
			}
 
			System.out.println("Enter your" + Tests + " test grades.");
 
			for(int index = 0; index < Tests; index++) {
				System.out.print("Test #" + (index + 1) + ": ");
				TGrade[index] = sc.nextInt();
				TestAvg = TGrade[index] / Tests;
			}
 
			System.out.println("Enter your lab grade.");
			Lab = sc.nextInt();
 
			System.out.println("Enter your final grade.");
			Final = sc.nextInt();
 
			Avg = (AssignmentAvg * .25) + (TestAvg * .30) + (Lab * .25) + (Final * .20);
 
			if(Avg >= 90) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is an A, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 80) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a B, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 70) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a C, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg >= 60) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is a D, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}else if(Avg < 60) {
				System.out.println("Your grade is an F, and your average is " + Avg + ".");
			}
 
			System.out.println("Do you want to calculate the grade of another student?");
			Input = sc.nextLine();
		}
	System.out.println("Thank you for using my Average Calculator, Bye bye!!");
	}
}

Error:
C:\Users\Joseph Chastain\Desktop\CS Class\Assignments\ChastainJosephCalculateGrades.ja va:59: error: variable AssignmentAvg might not have been initialized
Avg = (AssignmentAvg * .25) + (TestAvg * .30) + (Lab * .25) + (Final * .20);
C:\Users\Joseph Chastain\Desktop\CS Class\Assignments\ChastainJosephCalculateGrades.ja va:59: error: variable TestAvg might not have been initialized
Avg = (AssignmentAvg * .25) + (TestAvg * .30) + (Lab * .25) + (Final * .20);

All you need to do is initialise the variables when they're first declared, or somewhere in the program that is guaranteed to be executed.
At the moment, those variables are only being initialised inside if-statements / for loops. The problem is, it's not guaranteed that any of the if conditions will ever be true.

As I said, you could initialise the variable when they're first declared, or in an else clause, which is always guaranteed to be executed if other conditions aren't met.

Please don't duplicate questions such as this - I spent my time answering your same question in your other thread only to find I spent my time answering a question that was already answered somewhere else. Best practice is to ask a question once...and if for any reason there is overlap between threads provide links to each thread in both.