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[Jeremy Olsen]

I am trying to get these methods to work right. User inputs Tsubo or square feet and a number so it can convert to the other. I have no more hair to pull out.

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(float square_feet) {
            
        float Tsubo = (float) (square_feet * 35.58);
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                square_feet + "square foot/feet is \n" + Tsubo);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        float square_feet = (float) (Tsubo / 35.58);
        System.out.println(Tsubo + "Tsubo is \n" + square_feet + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        float square_feet, Tsubo;
        
        System.out.println("Enter which you want to convert from Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo." );
    
        System.out.println("Enter Tsubo or square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        /* i tried too many input scenarios to count and searched for the answer for days
        without any luck getting it to work, thanks for your help */
    }   
        
}

i'm also learning parallel.js in a meteor.com environment, along with a lot of other things. Maybe an information overload.

[Carey Brown]

Have you tried
keyboard.nextDouble() ?

Note that 'float' is very rarely used. Use doubles instead.

"Enter Tsubo or square feet.", how is your program going to determine which of Tsubo or square feet has been entered?

[Jeremy Olsen]

If else statements based on Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
I have yet to get a response from my tutor.

[Jeremy Olsen]

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(double square_feet) {
            
        double Tsubo = (double) (square_feet * 35.58);
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                square_feet + "square foot/feet is \n" + Tsubo);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        double square_feet = (double) (Tsubo / 35.58);
        System.out.println(Tsubo + "Tsubo is \n" + square_feet + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        double square_feet, Tsubo = 0;
        
        System.out.println("Enter which you want to convert from Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo." );
    
        System.out.println("Enter Tsubo or square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextDouble();
        if (Tsubo) {
            System.out.println("Now enter a number of Tsubo to convert");
        }
        
        
    }   
        
}

gets...

run:
Enter which you want to convert from Tsubo to square feet or from square feet to Tsubo.
Enter Tsubo or square feet.
Tsubo
Exception in thread "main" java.util.InputMismatchException
at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:864)
at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1485)
at java.util.Scanner.nextDouble(Scanner.java:2413)
at javaapplication7.JavaApplication7.main(JavaApplication7.java:31)
C:\Users\Jeremy Olsen\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.1\executor-snippets\run.xml:53: Java returned: 1
BUILD FAILED (total time: 16 seconds)

[Jeremy Olsen]

Thanks for the help. I hope I'm going in the right direction.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

I added code tags to your posts. Always use the tags: doesn't it look better.
Remove the following two keywords from your vocabulary:-
static float.
You will sometimes have to make things static, e.g. the main method, but if you don't know why something is static, it is a mistake. If you do it because the compiler complains about things non‑static, then it is still a mistake. You will never need to use the float datatype in a beginner's course. It has all the disadvantages of doubles but more so. Do all that arithmetic with doubles.
Don't give variables names starting with Capital Letters.

You cannot read a number and use it after if or while. You can only put booleans there. You might be able to use numbers in C or C++ like that but you can't in Java®. Only booleans. You might be able to get that to work if you add != 0 but I can't actually see why you need that.

[Winston Gutkowski]

Jeremy Olsen wrote:...
Enter Tsubo or square feet.
Tsubo

Look at the output/input above and then look at your code.

You display a prompt and then call nextDouble(), but you enter "Tsubo" in response to the prompt. Does "Tsubo" look like a valid double value to you?

If you want to be able to enter "Tsubo" or "square feet" as a response, what method do you think you might need to call? Have a look at the Scanner API and see if you can find one that fits the bill.

HIH

Winston

[Jeremy Olsen]

Now I'm working on boolean:

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(double square_feet) {
            
        double Tsubo = (double) (square_feet * 35.58);
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                square_feet + "square foot/feet is \n" + Tsubo);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        double square_feet = (double) (Tsubo / 35.58);
        System.out.println(Tsubo + "Tsubo is \n" + square_feet + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        int square_feet, Tsubo;
        
        System.out.println("Enter which you want to convert from Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo." );
    
        System.out.println("Enter Tsubo or square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextInt();
        boolean Tsubo = true;
            if (Tsubo == true){
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to covert");
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to convert");
        }
        
    }   
        
}

[Dave Tolls]

        System.out.println("Enter Tsubo or square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextInt();
        boolean Tsubo = true;
            if (Tsubo == true){

You're still reading in an int, and Tsubo will always be true.

What do you want the user to input after they are asked "Enter Tsubo or square feet."?
That should be your start point, then write a bit of code that can accept that user input.

[Jeremy Olsen]

Thanks for your help.

[Jeremy Olsen]

Before I spend hours trying to get one if else statement to work right, is it possible to just use
one if else statement for getting input for Tsubo or square feet and then performing the conversion?

[Carey Brown]

You have
keyboard.nextInt();
'nextInt()' returns an int. You are not assigning the int to anything or comparing to any thing, therefore the input value disappears. I don't think this is what you want.
Additionally, nextInt takes an integer string and won't accept 'Tsubo'.

You could change your prompt to
System.out.println("Enter (1) Tsubo or (2) square feet.")
Then an int would make sense.

boolean Tsubo = true;
if (Tsubo == true){

Think through what you are telling the computer to do. Assign true to variable name Tsubo. Test the Tsubo variable to see if it's true. Well, of course it will be true, you just set it.
You need to do something with the response to your prompt.

[Jeremy Olsen]

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(double square_feet) {
            
        int Tsubo = (double)square_feet * 35.58);
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                square_feet + "square foot/feet is \n" + Tsubo);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        int square_feet = (double)Tsubo / 35.58);
        System.out.println(Tsubo + "Tsubo is \n" + square_feet + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        int square_feet, Tsubo, n1 = showSquare_Feet(), n2 = showTsubo(); 
        
        System.out.println("Which do you want to convert from Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo." );
    
        System.out.println("Enter 1 for Tsubo or 2 for square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextInt();
        boolean Tsubo = true;
            if (Tsubo == true){
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to covert");
            keyboard.nextInt();
        }
            else {
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to convert");
            keyboard.nextInt();
        }
        
    }   
        
}
    

[Jeremy Olsen]

I;m goin' craaaaaazy!!!

[Carey Brown]

You have
keyboard.nextInt();
'nextInt()' returns an int. You are not assigning the int to anything or comparing to any thing, therefore the input value disappears. I don't think this is what you want.

You have to assign the return value to a variable or compare it to something.

[Jeremy Olsen]

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(double square_feet) {
        
        int Tsubo;
        Tsubo = (int) (square_feet * 35.58);
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                square_feet + "square foot/feet is \n" + Tsubo);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        int square_feet;
        square_feet = (int) (Tsubo / 35.58);
        System.out.println(Tsubo + "Tsubo is \n" + square_feet + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        int n1, n2; 
        n1 = showSquare_Feet();
        n2 = showTsubo();
        
        System.out.println("Which do you want to convert from Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo." );
    
        System.out.println("Enter 1 for Tsubo or 2 for square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextInt();
        boolean Tsubo = true;
            if (Tsubo == true){
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to covert");
            keyboard.nextInt();
        }
            else {
            System.out.println("Now enter a number to convert");
            keyboard.nextInt();
        }
        
    }   
        
}
    

[Carey Brown]

I'm not sure you understand the way calling methods works. If a method has been declared to return void then nothing is returned, in all other cases something is returned from the method. You have to choose between: ignoring the return value, in which case it will be lost, assigning the return value to variable to be used later, or compare the returned value to something.

Look up your Scanner API documentation, what does its method nextInt() return? What do you want to do with it?

[Carey Brown]

You have

		int n1, n2;
		n1 = showSquare_Feet();
		n2 = showTsubo();

There are a couple of problems with this.
The two methods you have written return doubles not ints.
The two methods both take an argument of type double which you have not supplied when you call them.
This code is placed in the beginning of the method before you've asked the user if they want Tsubo or square feet.

I suggest removing them at this time. You will need to rewrite these properly after you prompt the user.

[Carey Brown]

Carey Brown wrote:You have

		int n1, n2;
		n1 = showSquare_Feet();
		n2 = showTsubo();

There are a couple of problems with this.
The two methods you have written return doubles not ints.
The two methods both take an argument of type double which you have not supplied when you call them.
This code is placed in the beginning of the method before you've asked the user if they want Tsubo or square feet.

I suggest removing them at this time. You will need to rewrite these properly after you prompt the user.

Sorry, they return void. You can't assign them to an int.

[Winston Gutkowski]

Jeremy Olsen wrote:I;m goin' craaaaaazy!!!

Then it's time to stop. Turn off your computer; chill out; have a beer; play a video game and forget about this.

Right now you're just banging your head against the terminal and not thinking. And you will never, ever, EVER solve a programming problem that way.

Step #2: When you've calmed down and come back to this. DO NOT TURN YOUR COMPUTER BACK ON.

Get out lots of paper and a pencil and write down in English (or your native language) every single step that you want your program to do.

Do not; reapeat: DO NOT write one more line of Java code until you've done that.

HIH

Winston

[Jeremy Olsen]

Winston, you make me laugh so hard. Thanks. That's exactly what I would have said to someone.

[Winston Gutkowski]

Jeremy Olsen wrote:Winston, you make me laugh so hard. Thanks. That's exactly what I would have said to someone.

Glad to be of service

Winston

[Jeremy Olsen]

package javaapplication7;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author Jeremy Olsen
 */
public class JavaApplication7 {

    public static void showTsubo(double square_feet) {
        
        System.out.println("Tsubo" + 
                2 + "square foot/feet is \n" + 1);
    }

    public static void showSquare_Feet(double Tsubo) {
        
        System.out.println(1 + "Tsubo is \n" + 2 + "square feet");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        int showTsubo = 0;
        int n1 = showTsubo;
        int showSquare_Feet = 0;
        int n2 = showSquare_Feet;
        System.out.println("Which do you want to convert from, \n Tsubo to "
                + "square feet or from square feet to Tsubo?");
    
        System.out.println("Enter 1 for Tsubo or 2 for square feet.");
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        keyboard.nextInt();
        
        
    }
        
}
    

I just got wires taken out of my neck that have been in there since I was 16
and my brain isn't working like it is supposed to. I just "knead" a few leaders
to get me writing code in the right direction. Thanks, my grades thank you too.

[Carey Brown]

Variables on lines 23-26 aren't used anywhere, and are in fact, totally unnecessary. Don't add code unless you know what you need it for.

Your two methods, showTsubo and showSquaare_Feet, don't return anything. The reason you'd call them is for the side effect of printing the result of the calculation. This is OK.

Did you look up the documentation for Scanner.nextInt() ? This method returns an int. You have to do something with that int, e.g. compare it to '1' or '2'.

[Jeremy Olsen]

package jcalc.JCalc;

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class JCalc {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        String choice, def;
        double numTsubo;
        double numFeet;
        double answer;
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.print("Welcome to JCalc, you can convert Square feet\n into Tsubo or convert Tsubo into Square feet.\n ");
 
        System.out.print(" ");
 
        System.out.print("Enter Tsubo or Feet for input the other will be\n given as output convertion: "); 
 
        choice = input.nextLine();
        if(choice.equals ("Tsubo")){
            System.out.print("Enter amount of Tsubo to be converted: ");
            numTsubo = input.nextInt();
            answer = numTsubo * 35.58;
                System.out.printf("The answer is " , answer);   
        }
        else if(choice.equals ("Feet")){
         System.out.print("Enter amount of Squar Feet to be converted: ");
            numFeet = input.nextInt();
            answer = numFeet / 35.58;
                System.out.printf("The answer is " , answer);   
        }
 
 
 
 
    }
}
 

[Jeremy Olsen]

How is this not printing the answer ?

[Jeremy Olsen]

package jcalc.JCalc;

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class JCalc {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        String choice, def;
        double numTsubo;
        double numFeet;
        double answer;
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        System.out.print("Convert Square feet into Tsubo or convert Tsubo into Square feet.\n");

        System.out.print("Enter Tsubo or Feet for output convertion:\n"); 
 
        choice = input.nextLine();
        if(choice.equals ("Tsubo")){
            System.out.print("Enter amount of Tsubo to be converted:");
            numTsubo = input.nextInt();
            answer = numTsubo * 35.58;
                System.out.printf("The answer is " + answer + "square feet.\n");   
        }
        else if(choice.equals ("Feet")){
         System.out.print("Enter amount of Squar Feet to be converted:");
            numFeet = input.nextInt();
            answer = numFeet / 35.58;
                System.out.printf("The answer is " + answer + " Tsubo.\n");   
        }
 
 
 
 
    }
}
 

Yeeeeaah !!! Got it!!!

[Jeremy Olsen]

Thanks for putting up with my retardedness.

[Carey Brown]

Congratulations!

[Carey Brown]

Tweak. You might want this. It's a little more user friendly.
choice.equalsIgnoreCase("Tsubo")