All I need it to do is loop again so the user can continuously use the program if they to. Let me know if there are any reference that I can read up to, to help me understand more about this problem. Thanks in advance.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Module3Assignment1 {
// public variables
public static String letterChosen;
public static int loop = 0;
public static double radius, area;
public static Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
public static void main(String[] args) {
// tells user what the program is about
System.out.println("Welcome to the Round Object Calculator");
System.out.println("This program will calculate the area of a circle of the colume of a sphere.");
System.out.println("The calculations will be based on the user input radius.");
System.out.println("");
// loops while the user wants to calculate information
while (loop == 0){
Input();
System.out.print(Answer());
System.out.println("Do you want to calculate another round object (Y/N)? ");
String input = scanner.next().toUpperCase();
if (input == "N"){
loop = 1;
}
}
// ending message/goodbye
Goodbye();
scanner.close();
}
private static void Input(){
// prompts user for input
System.out.print("Enter C for circle or S for sphere: ");
letterChosen = scanner.nextLine().toUpperCase();
System.out.print("Thank you. What is the radius of the circle (in inches): ");
radius = scanner.nextDouble();
}
private static double AreaCircle(){
// calculates the area of a circle
area = Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 2);
return area;
}
private static double AreaSphere(){
// calculates the area of a sphere
area = (4/3) * (Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 3));
return area;
}
private static String Answer(){
//local variables
String answer;
if(letterChosen == "C"){
// builds a string with the circle answer and sends it back
answer = String.format("%s %f %s %.3f %s %n", "The volume of a circle with a radius of", radius, "inches is:", AreaCircle(), "inches");
return answer;
}else{
// builds a string with the sphere answer and sends it back
answer = String.format("%s %f %s %.3f %s %n", "The volume of a sphere with a radius of", radius, "inches is:", AreaSphere(), "cubic inches");
return answer;
}
}
private static String Goodbye(){
// local variables
String goodbye;
// says and returns the goodbye message
goodbye = String.format("%s", "Thank you for using the Round Object Calculator. Goodbye");
return goodbye;
}
}
The below is the console output and the error I am getting after execution
Welcome to the Round Object Calculator
This program will calculate the area of a circle of the colume of a sphere.
The calculations will be based on the user input radius.
Enter C for circle or S for sphere: C
Thank you. What is the radius of the circle (in inches): 12
The volume of a sphere with a radius of 12.000000 inches is: 5428.672 cubic inches
Do you want to calculate another round object (Y/N)?
Y
Enter C for circle or S for sphere: Thank you. What is the radius of the circle (in inches): C
Exception in thread "main" java.util.InputMismatchException
at java.util.Scanner.throwFor(Scanner.java:840)
at java.util.Scanner.next(Scanner.java:1461)
at java.util.Scanner.nextDouble(Scanner.java:2387)
at Module3Assignment1.Input(Module3Assignment1.java:48)
at Module3Assignment1.main(Module3Assignment1.java:24)
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Module3Assignment1 {
// public static variables are discouraged...
private static char letterChosen; //char takes less memory
private static char useAgain = 'Y'; //just use the answer to loop...
private static double radius, area;
private static String answer;
private static Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
//you might want to clear the screen after the user gave an answer to another round object
private static void clearScreen(){
for(int i =0;i<50;i++){System.out.print("\n");}
}
public void input(){
// prompts user for input
System.out.print("Enter C for circle or S for sphere: ");
letterChosen = scanner.next().charAt(0);
System.out.print("Thank you. What is the radius of the circle (in inches): ");
radius = scanner.nextDouble();
this.answer= answer(letterChosen);
}
public double areaCircle(double radius){
// calculates the area of a circle
area = Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 2);
return area;
}
public double areaSphere(double radius){
// calculates the area of a sphere
area = (4/3) * (Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 3));
return area;
}
public String answer(char letterChosen){
//local variables
String answer = "";
if(letterChosen=='c'||letterChosen=='C'){
answer = String.format("%s %f %s %.3f %s %n", "The volume of a circle with a radius of", radius, "inches is:", areaCircle(radius), "inches");
}else{
answer = String.format("%s %f %s %.3f %s %n", "The volume of a sphere with a radius of", radius, "inches is:", areaSphere(radius), "cubic inches");
}
return answer;
}
private static String goodbye(){
// local variables
String goodbye;
// says and returns the goodbye message
goodbye = String.format("%s", "Thank you for using the Round Object Calculator. Goodbye");
return goodbye;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// tells user what the program is about
System.out.println("Welcome to the Round Object Calculator");
System.out.println("This program will calculate the area of a circle of the colume of a sphere.");
System.out.println("The calculations will be based on the user input radius.");
System.out.println("");
Module3Assignment1 ass1 = new Module3Assignment1();
// loops while the user wants to calculate a round object
while (useAgain == 'Y'||useAgain=='y'){
ass1.input();
System.out.print(answer);
System.out.println("Do you want to calculate another round object (Y/N)? ");
useAgain = scanner.next().charAt(0);
System.out.println(useAgain);
clearScreen();
}
// ending message/goodbye
System.out.println(goodbye());
scanner.close();
}
}
Some things that I changed:
I added a parameter radius to areaSphere and areaCircle methods. This makes the methods reusable.
I changed all the public static variables to private static. using public static variables is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. You may read this to find out why.
and to prevent public static variables, I created an instance of Module3Assignment1 instead of having everything in static.
changed the casing of method names. Please follow camel-casing, which means that the first letter of the method is lowercase and the other words will have the first letter in uppercase (e.g. input(), areaSphere() )
A comment about comparing Strings:
== compares REFERENCES TO THE OBJECT , NOT VALUES
use .equals() or .equalsIgnoreCase() if you want to compare the values of two Strings. here is a sample syntax:
if(string1.equals(string2)){
//do something
}