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why does it tell me that there is else without if (java programming)?

 
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what i am trying to do here. is to let the user type a hexadecimal number

and then display it.


it tells me that there is an else with no if.. why is that?
 
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HINT...

How many line(s) of code does an IF block consist of without the use of '{' and '}' ??
 
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Let's add some brackets (and indentation) to that code to show you how the compiler sees it:
Just add those brackets yourself, and put the System.out inside them. This is also why I always use blocks, even if there is only one statement. If you add another statement the code will keep working, unlike your example.
 
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another problem that i have is..

if(c!=number)

it doesnt let me use c in a boolean sentence.

but i must get a letter from the user and convert it to a number
 
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You could use e.g. int newC = Integer.parseInt(c);
 
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Rene Larsen wrote:You could use e.g. int newC = Integer.parseInt(c);



but that newC would have to be the letter the user typed.

the if method, wont let newC inside


may be this format could be better. in case the user enters random charactaristics.. what do you think?

 
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why not??

It is the same you are doing with the number variable - and two int compared with each other should work in an IF
 
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Please, please try to indent your code in a meaningful, consistent manner--without proper indentation it's quite difficult to understand.

Also note that you can print the hexadecimal representation of a number a bit more concisely than in the above code.
 
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David Newton wrote:Please, please try to indent your code in a meaningful, consistent manner--without proper indentation it's quite difficult to understand.

Also note that you can print the hexadecimal representation of a number a bit more concisely than in the above code.



true. but i thought the switch method is good, cause it has a default line.

what if the user will write 2000 or hello?

whats then?


i need to convert a letter to a number right now. and while c is set as an input, it isnt working.

i wonder how i could make it work


i corrected my second code:



but it tells me it cant initialize number2. why?
 
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What is it exactly you want to do??

Do you want to compare a fixed String (String abc) with the input - or just check if the input is valid??
 
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This line makes no sense:Or rather it does, but is almost certainly not what you mean.
 
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David Newton wrote:This line makes no sense:Or rather it does, but is almost certainly not what you mean.






I corrected it. but i still have a problem with the first if. i need it to recognise that i entered a character and then apply the calculation
 
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The first error you need to fix, is this line

here you'll get a NumberFormatException if you enter a letter.

You need to tell parseInt that it is a hex (HINT: base 16)

PS: I don't get an error, with the first if.
 
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Rene Larsen wrote:The first error you need to fix, is this line

here you'll get a NumberFormatException if you enter a letter.

You need to tell parseInt that it is a hex (HINT: base 16)

PS: I don't get an error, with the first if.




this doesnt have an error. but it refuses to recognise letters



no idea why
 
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because you are using the Integer.parseInt(String s) method. This clearly states:

Parses the string argument as a signed decimal integer. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign '-' ('\u002D') to indicate a negative value



Perhaps there is another method in the Integer class you could use...or an overloaded one...
 
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fred rosenberger wrote:because you are using the Integer.parseInt(String s) method. This clearly states:

Parses the string argument as a signed decimal integer. The characters in the string must all be decimal digits, except that the first character may be an ASCII minus sign '-' ('\u002D') to indicate a negative value



Perhaps there is another method in the Integer class you could use...or an overloaded one...




there is an easy code i wrote



it should work, but it doesnt. it stops and gives me 0 on each value no matter what the value is.. why?
 
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Why "should" it work? Have you traced out the program's execution with paper and pen[cil]?
 
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David Newton wrote:Why "should" it work? Have you traced out the program's execution with paper and pen[cil]?





what is missing?

it writes only the letter b as 10
and with others it writes nothing
 
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David Newton wrote:Have you traced out the program's execution with paper and pen[cil]?


Maybe follow up with a post with what you think happens for a few other values--try tracing the program's execution by hand.
 
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I took your code as posted above, changed it to 'public' so it could run, and ran it.

When I gave it an input of 'b', I got nothing (which is what i expected).

When i gave it an input of 'a', i got '9' (which, again, is what i expected).

I would suggest you put a ton of 'System.out.println()' statements in there, and run it again, to see what it is really doing.

Note that you're line 19 is meaningless. c will ALWAYS equal c.
 
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fred rosenberger wrote:I took your code as posted above, changed it to 'public' so it could run, and ran it.

When I gave it an input of 'b', I got nothing (which is what i expected).

When i gave it an input of 'a', i got '9' (which, again, is what i expected).

I would suggest you put a ton of 'System.out.println()' statements in there, and run it again, to see what it is really doing.

Note that you're line 19 is meaningless. c will ALWAYS equal c.




what do i put in the if function?


i mean, i cant compare a character with a number. cause if i could i would do it.

i need to make if" method understand that whenever a character is entered, he needs to convert it to a number.
if there is an integral. just print it.

why do i get nothing and what do i write in the if function
 
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Have you read what I wrote ??

HINT: use base 16 with parseInt
 
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import java.io.*;
class Exxx3
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Console console=System.console();
System.out.println("please type a hexadecimal number");
String input;
input=console.readLine();
int count=1;
int count2=0;
String hex = "0123456789abcdef";

while(input.charAt(0)!=hex.charAt(count))
{count2=count+1;
count++;
}
System.out.println("your decimal number is"+" "+count2);


}
}



okay. i did it. it works. i can convert from hex to dec with this application above and from dec to hex with that application below




but how can i prevent the user from writing something insane like 2000..a character which isnt there. how do i do input monitoring?
 
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Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:i mean, i cant compare a character with a number. cause if i could i would do it.



Why can't you?


C:\slop>java Exx2
Yup
Nope
 
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fred rosenberger wrote:

Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:i mean, i cant compare a character with a number. cause if i could i would do it.



Why can't you?


C:\slop>java Exx2
Yup
Nope



Fred, i finished my 2 tasks. i posted them above yoru message.

could you help me finding some method that will prevent the user typing something that isnt allowed.. like a character...dkaldaalsda or number 20000000
 
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Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:

fred rosenberger wrote:

Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:i mean, i cant compare a character with a number. cause if i could i would do it.



Why can't you?


C:\slop>java Exx2
Yup
Nope



Fred, i finished my 2 tasks. i posted them above yoru message.

could you help me finding some method that will prevent the user typing something that isnt allowed.. like a character...dkaldaalsda or number 20000000



2000 IS allowed - this is a real hex number - but yxz isn't...

What if your code look like this - what would then happen??
 
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before we can do that, you have to tell us what is and is not allowed. 20000000 seems like a perfectly valid number to me, hex or decimal.

did you look at the API for the Integer class I linked to above? Did you see ANYTHING that might help you? Between me and Rene, it should be pretty obvious.

Go look there, and tell us what you find.
 
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fred rosenberger wrote:before we can do that, you have to tell us what is and is not allowed. 20000000 seems like a perfectly valid number to me, hex or decimal.

did you look at the API for the Integer class I linked to above? Did you see ANYTHING that might help you? Between me and Rene, it should be pretty obvious.

Go look there, and tell us what you find.



i dont remember if i looked. i think i did.

my instruction was to limit the user to writing numbers/characters from 1-16. now i am thinking of such rule..
 
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Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:i dont remember if i looked. i think i did.


Look now, and let us know what you found that's relevant to what we're trying to help you with.
 
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i am on the second part of this task. i need to establish rules for the user to not put invalid characters.. such as adlakldadsad or 2000

Do you think i have got mistakes? since i put if inside and outside of loops. it is a bit messy , i know. but if i could make it work, it could be great!!
 
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Is it in your would only allowed to enter one hex digit/letter??

The value 2000 is a valid hex....

Do you read what has been posted in this thread??
 
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This code confuses me (apart from being difficult to read because of the poor indentation, which I've fixed here):Now, you *know* the body of the if statement is *always* going to execute, because it's the same condition as in your while statement--so why do them both? (And why bother using count + 1 if you just incremented count with the ++ operator? But that's relatively minor.)

I do not believe that you have traced the execution of your program using a pad of paper and a pen[cil]. You really, really should--just writing code at random simply doesn't work--it'd be easier if you took the time to think things through and understand what your code is doing.

This is just my opinion, and you're free to continue ignoring it.
 
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Rene Larsen wrote:Is it in your would only allowed to enter one hex digit/letter??

The value 2000 is a valid hex....

Do you read what has been posted in this thread??



okay, it doesnt matter..

i need to make some rules about not putting weird characters...such as .."adkaldadakaldcx"


i need to remove a few things.

i need to think how i can convert one number to another..

then make a rule not to put weird characters




i did this. i used a few whiles. but i think i must use ifs in the middle..>
 
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Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:

Rene Larsen wrote:
Do you read what has been posted in this thread??



okay, it doesnt matter..




It doesn't matter whether you have read the previous posts or not? Why not?

Henry
 
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Have you tried the code I posted??

This should give you an idea, so you can do what you want.
 
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Rene Larsen wrote:Have you tried the code I posted??

This should give you an idea, so you can do what you want.



i am in a direction of this code:



i want to convert all those while loops to for. this would allow me to use if and else.

i must have if and else's.

The structure should be like that.
if
the letter appears in the string
print it


if it doesnt
ask for another number.


so far the code isnt working and tells me there is a mistake>


to tell you the truth. i dont think my code will recognize 2000 as a value... i think i need to redesign the whole thing, with different loops. what do you think?
 
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Dmitri Makovetskiy wrote:

Rene Larsen wrote:Have you tried the code I posted??

This should give you an idea, so you can do what you want.



i am in a direction of this code:



i want to convert all those while loops to for. this would allow me to use if and else.

i must have if and else's.

The structure should be like that.
if
the letter appears in the string
print it


if it doesnt
ask for another number.


so far the code isnt working and tells me there is a mistake>


to tell you the truth. i dont think my code will recognize 2000 as a value... i think i need to redesign the whole thing, with different loops. what do you think?



Again - have you tried my code?? how does it work??
 
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Again - have you tried my code?? how does it work??


Was that because you added public before "class"

we werent taught that. this means i wont be using such codes...


when i tried to compare string with char or char with number, it told me that you cant compare them in a boolean expression..





i added a line in my code

>



[HENRY: added line break to code to help with formatting]
 
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The code I posted was this one

Now, I don't know WHAT it is you're supposed to learn, but the code above detect legal - and illegal hex numbers.
 
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Rene Larsen wrote:The code I posted was this one

Now, I don't know WHAT it is you're supposed to learn, but the code above detect legal - and illegal hex numbers.



your code is better than mine

but when i write some gibberish (dkaldaldlasldasd)
it tells me the character isnt available, please try again, it does so many times, while some numbers appearing too..

try it yourself
 
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