New to Java and stuck on an assignment

[Nabih Abushaban]

Hi guys, I am new to programming and need some help.. I have most of the code completed. I just need some help on the salesteamapp part of my code and it should be completed.
I need to write code that will do the following:

<code1> get team[i]'s name and store in variable ithPersonName
<code2> get team[i]'s totalSales and store in ithPersonSalesAmt
<code3> calculate the difference of totalSales between team[maxPerformer] vs team[i] and store it in ithePersonCatchUpAmt.

What do I need to write to get a teams name and store in the variable?

package salespersonapp;

import java.util.*;  // for using Random class
public class SalesTeamApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // code: get user total sales amount
        double totalSales ;
        String name;

        // create salesTeam, which is an array of 5 SalesPerson
        SalesPerson team[] = new SalesPerson[5];
        int maxPerformer = 0; // index for the top performer
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

            // get each sales person's name and total sales amount
		// in this template, we use Random class to generate a random number as the sales amount 
            name = "Smith" + i;
            Random rand = new Random();
            totalSales = 50000+ rand.nextInt(150000); // random number between 50000 and 200000. 
            
            team[i] = new SalesPerson(name, totalSales);

            // keeping track the max performer
            if (team[i].getSalesAmount() > team[maxPerformer].getSalesAmount()) {
                maxPerformer = i; 
            }

        }

        // print out the list of sales person who needs to catch up and the amount difference.
        System.out.print("The maximum perfromer is: " 
                + team[maxPerformer].getName());
        System.out.print(", with total sales: " 
                + team[maxPerformer].getSalesAmount());
        System.out.println("\nTeam member catching up table ");
        System.out.println("Name \t TotalSales \t\t AmountToCatchUpWithTopPerformer");
        
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            if (i != maxPerformer) {
	
			String ithPersonName;
			Double ithPersonSalesAmt;
			Double ithePersonCatchUpAmt;

			// *** your Code here: ***
			// <code1> get team[i]'s name and store in variable ithPersonName
			// <code2> get team[i]'s totalSales (use getSalesAmount) and store in ithPersonSalesAmt
			// <code3> calculate the difference of totalSales between maxPerformer vs team[i]  and store it in ithePersonCatchUpAmt. 


			// Print a line like follows:
			// Smith0 	 153917.0		39161.0
			System.out.println(ithPersonName + " \t " 
                        + ithPersonSalesAmt + "\t\t"
                        + ithPersonCatchUpAmt);

            } // end if

        } // end for loop

    } // main()
} // class end

[Carey Brown]

Hint: Look at lines 32 - 35.

[Nabih Abushaban]

I know it has to do with the above code, I just dont know if I have to do a string or a get

[Nabih Abushaban]

would it be something like this?
for code 1?

int maxPerformer = ithPersonName

[Carey Brown]

get team[i]'s name and store in variable ithPersonName

ithPersonName = something with team, and something with name

[Nabih Abushaban]

thanks Carey, !

On the example above the Team i = Smith.. so in this case would it be correct to write it as

ithPersonName = TeamSmith

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nabih Abushaban wrote:. . .// ...    totalSales = 50000+ rand.nextInt(150000); // random number between 50000 and 200000. // ...

That is what lots of people think, but it is incorrect. Look closely at this method and work out what the two figures in the comment shou‍ld be. Hint: one of them is correct.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nabih Abushaban wrote:. . . would it be correct to write it as

ithPersonName = TeamSmith

No. The compiler will not recognise such a variable.

[Nabih Abushaban]

would the correct code be

totalSales = 50000+ rand.Int(200000);

??

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nabih Abushaban wrote:would the correct code be  . . .

No. I said that one of the figures in the comment, that means right of the //, was wrong.

[Nabih Abushaban]

should it states 150000 instead of 200000?

[Paul Clapham]

No. Try something simpler: what is the range of the expression "rand.nextInt(150000)"?

I would suggest reading the API documentation for the method before you answer.

[Nabih Abushaban]

After reading the API.. I would think that I could remove the rand.

[Junilu Lacar]

Programming cannot be done by guessing, which is what you have been doing so far. Frankly, they have been wild guesses and way off the mark.

Programming is like speaking in another language. Like if I wanted to say "The second person" in my native dialect, I would say "Ang ika-duha nga tawo." If I wanted to say "The third person," I would say "Ang ika-tulo nga tawo." The variations would just follow from the fact that we count 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 as "duha, tulo, upat, lima, unom, pito." Given that, can you tell me how we would say "The sixth person" in my dialect?

Similarly, the program you wrote were given is trying to teach you how to say "The Nth whatever" in Java. You are asked to fill in the missing parts by deducing how to say a simple phrase in Java, based on some previous examples, just as I tried to give you some examples of how to say something in my dialect and then asked you to deduce how to say similar phrases.

Read through the program again and see which parts of it represent the idea of "The Nth whatever" and use those as examples. You should then be able to figure out how to say "The I-th Person's name" and other simple phrases, in Java.

Good luck.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nabih Abushaban wrote:After reading the API.. I would think that I could remove the rand.

Why?