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Thread: Looking for help - Beginner programming

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    Default Looking for help - Beginner programming

    I am attempting to make a heart rate calculator program. Here is a little overview of what I am trying to do.
    It must use a constructor and get and set methods. It must print heart rate ranges and the user's information(age).
    I am sure there are many problems with my code I am truly a beginner this is one of my first programs. Any obivous errors pointed out would help a lot.
    Thank you.



       // Use scanner to get inputs
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
    // Declare class
    public class HeartRates {
    	private int Age;
    	private int DayOfBirth;
    	private int MonthOfBirth;
    	private int YearOfBirth;
    	private double MaxHeartRate;
    	private double MinTargetHeartRate;
    	private double MaxTargetHeartRate;
    	private String FirstName;
    	private String LastName;
     
     
     
    public HeartRates(_FirstName) //This is incomplete, I am very confused on the constructor concept.
    {
    	FirstName = _FirstName;
     
    }
     
     
     
    	// method to set age
    	public void setAge(int n) // store age
    	{ 
    		Age = n;
    	} // end method setAge
     
    	// method to get age
    	public int getAge()
    	{
    		return Age;
    	}
     
    	// method to set day of birth
    	public void setDayOfBirth(int z)
    	{
    		DayOfBirth = z; 
    	} // end method setDayOfBirth
     
    	// method to get day of birth
    	public int getDayOfBirth()
    	{
    		return DayOfBirth;
    	}
     
    	// method to set month of birth
    	public void setMonthOfBirth(String month)
    	{
    		MonthOfBirth = month;
    	}
     
    	// method to get month of birth
    	public String getMonthOfBirth()
    	{
    		return MonthOfBirth;
    	}
    	// method to set year of birth
    	public void setYearOfBirth(int y)
    	{
    		YearOfBirth = y;
    	}
     
    	// method to get year of birth
    	public int getYearOfBirth()
    	{
    		return YearOfBirth;
    	}
     
    	// method to set first name
    	public void setFirstName(String first)
    	{
    		FirstName = first;
    	}
     
    	// method to get first name
    	public String getFirstName()
    	{
    		return FirstName;
    	}
     
    	// method to set last name
    	public void setLastName(String last)
    	{
    		LastName = last;
    	}
     
    	// method to get last name
    	public String getLastName()
    	{
    		return LastName;
    	}
     
     
     
     
    	// method that calculates and returns age
    	public int Age () {
     
    		Age = (2014 - YearOfBirth);
    	}
     
    	public int MaxHeartRate () {
    		MaxHeartRate = 220 - Age;
    	}
     
    	public int MaxTargetHeartRate () {
    		MaxTargetHeartRate = (MaxHeartRate*.085);
    	}
     
    	public int MinTargetHeartRate () {
    		MinTargetHeartRate = (MaxHeartRate*0.50);
    	}
     
     
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
    		System.out.print("Enter first and last name \n");
    		System.out.print("Enter birthdate in format xx/xx/xxxx \n");
    		System.out.printf("%s", getFirstName());
    	} 
     
     
     
     
     
    }


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    Default Re: Looking for help - Beginner programming

    Did you have any specific questions about your program?
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Looking for help - Beginner programming

    Well I just don't know what to do next, it will not run. One question is, when using the get and set method, does using that automatically ask the user for input? Or do I have to do something separately to ask for input?

    Such as this, is it scanning in the first name?


    /// method to set first name
    public void setFirstName(String first)
    {
    FirstName = first;
    }

    // method to get first name
    public String getFirstName()
    {
    return FirstName;
    }

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    it will not run
    What does "not run" mean? If you are getting error messages, copy the full text and paste it here.
    Otherwise explain.

    does using that automatically ask the user
    Nothing automatically asks the user for input. It is up to the programmer to write the code that asks the user a question and reads his response.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: Looking for help - Beginner programming

    How do I ask for the input for first name and implement it with the get and set method? I have a small amount of coding with c++ using scanf(%d) and I don't think that works here.

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    How do I ask for the input for first name
    Use the System.out.println() method to ask the user a question.
    The Scanner class has some methods that can be used to read a response from the user.
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    Default Re: Looking for help - Beginner programming

    Change public HeartRates(_FirstName) to public HeartRates(String _FirstName). You need to tell the program what type of variable you are using in your constructor, so that's why you say String. I know that's one problem but your code may have more.
    Last edited by Za Voucha; January 31st, 2014 at 09:24 PM. Reason: Font Error

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