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Thread: In a simple calculator the divison is not working for while loop

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    Default In a simple calculator the divison is not working for while loop

    I wanted to take the input for operand2 from user. That's is why I wrote the method division.
    and I am calling that method before my while loop inside main. So I did not think that I had to initialize the operand2 value before while loop.
    If I initialize operand2 then every time the program will execute with the same value. Can anybody please help me.
    thanks.



     
    package labs1301;
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
    import javax.swing.JFrame;
    import javax. swing.JOptionPane;
    import java.util.Scanner; 
    import java.util.Scanner; 
    import java.util.Scanner; 
     
    import java.util.Scanner; 
    public class Java1301lab6 {
     
    	    private static String Operand2 = null;
     
    		public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    	        JFrame frame = new JFrame("My Lab6 Calculator");
     
    	        String author = "Khandoker Rahad"; // TASK 1: this requires your attention ***********************
    	        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Welcome to " + author + "'s calculator!");
     
    	        // Now, let's ask the user to pick an operation among a set (bulk memory) of defined operators
    	        String[] operators = {"+", "-", "*", "/"};
     
    	        // Selecting an operator *******************************************************************************
    	        String chosenOperator = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, 
    	                                                                    "Which operation do you want to use?",
    	                                                                    "Chosen Operator",
    	                                                                    JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, 
    	                                                                    null, 
    	                                                                    operators, 
    	                                                                    operators[0]);
    	        while (chosenOperator == null) {
    	            chosenOperator = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, 
    	                                                                    "Please select an operator",
    	                                                                    "Chosen Operator",
    	                                                                    JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, 
    	                                                                    null, 
    	                                                                    operators, 
    	                                                                    operators[0]);    
    	        }
     
    	        // Selecting operands ***********************************************************************************
    	        String Operand1 = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, 
    	                                                                    "What's your first operand?",
    	                                                                    "Operand 1",
    	                                                                    JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE 
    	                                                              );
     
    			 Operand2 = (String) JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, 
    	                                                                    "What's your second operand?",
    	                                                                    "Operand 2",
    	                                                                    JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE );
    	          float operand1 = Float.valueOf(Operand1);                                           
     
    			// float operand2;
     
    	        division();
     
    			//float operand2 = 5000;
     
    			while(operand2==0){
     
    					JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Enter a valid value " );
     
     
    				 operand2 = Float.valueOf(Operand2);
     
     
     
    				}
     
     
    				//System.out.print("Enter valid value");
    				 //operand2 = float.valueOf(Operand2);	
    			//}
    	        // TASK 2 ************************************************************************************************
    	        // Here you should get operand2 in the same fashion as you got operand1 in the first place
     
    	        // TASK 3 ************************************************************************************************
    	        // Now think of it: if your operator is a division, you should not accept 0 as the second operand
    	        // So you have to put in place a while loop (similar to the one about the choice of operator) that keeps
    	        // prompting the user to enter a second operand while the user enters 0
     
    	        if (chosenOperator.compareTo("/") == 0)
    	            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "Your result is " + ( operand1 /operand2) + "!");
    	        // TASK 4 ************************************************************************************************
    	        // Here you need to add the other operators
     
     
    	       // System.exit(0);
    	    }
     
    	    public static void division()
    	    {
     
    	    	// <-- Note that Java is case sensitive :) 
     
    	    	float operand2 = Float.valueOf(Operand2); 
    	    	//Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in); 
     
    			// int operand=sc.nextInt();  
    			// return operand;
    	    } 
     
     
    }

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    Default Re: In a simple calculator the divison is not working for while loop

    take the input for operand2 from user. That's is why I wrote the method division.
    For the division method to get user input, it could use a Scanner class method. The name should be something like: getInput instead of division. Names should describe what the method does or what a variable contains.
    Also the method needs to be defined to return a value instead of void.
    The returned value needs to be saved in a variable so it can be used:
    aVariable = someMethod(); // save returned value in aVariable

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    Also posted at: https://coderanch.com/t/683445/java/simple-calculator
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: In a simple calculator the divison is not working for while loop

    Also posted at: https://coderanch.com/t/683445/java/simple-calculator
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