Ja Shields

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Recent posts by Ja Shields

Hi Kim!
I am just getting into ML and wanted to know your thoughts on the best place to start.
Thanks!
Hi Guys! I am feeling quite victorious! I wrote this one all by myself (AND it works!!), but I know that to get really accurate results I need to use BigDecimal instead of Double. The problem is that I can't quite figure out how to do that. Can I get a little guidance on how to switch those out?

Also, was learning the vocabulary around coding easy for everyone? I pick up things fairly easilly and seem to be able to figure out how to get it to work, but understanding the terminology is still killing me.

9 years ago
I am pretty new to coding in general and a pretty visual learner. I love Head First Java because I feel like it better explains the vocabulary than some of the others that just assume you know what they are talking about. Just my two cents.
9 years ago
Thank you! SO easy!
9 years ago
Hi All,

Thank you so much for your help! I think I used all the advice and it is looking much better! I am so sorry for the ugly looking code previously. (I hope it looks much better now!!) I was using a format that was in a file our professor had sent us to do the column header and that is why it was so long and ugly. I have switched over based on the suggestions, but I am running into one problem. How do I keep it from doing a line break after every number? I did searching on the PrintStream class, but didn't seem to find anything that would help me. (Or maybe I didn't understand what I was finding. Quite possible.) Help! This is what I have now:
9 years ago
Hi Folks,

Forgive a possibly dumb question. I am trying to get the output to look like the attachment using actual math operations, converting integers to strings, formatting text, and nested loops. I am close (tell me I am), but can't quite figure out where I have goofed!

Here's what I have:



What's my dumb mistake that is causing it not to work like I want it to? Or is it worse than that?

Thanks!!
Jane
9 years ago
Definitely easy mistakes to fix. Thanks for the help! I was able to get it to compile and run correctly for these purposes with the code below. (I always listen to advice though so feel free to suggest improvements. I am just proud that I am able to come up with these and get them to run!! )

9 years ago
That was an easy (and dumb) mistake! Thanks!

New question - it seems to stall out when processing. Are while and if/else very time consuming processes? Should I go with a different method?
9 years ago
Hey all,

I know you have looked at code to distinguish leap years before so thanks for putting up with me. (This is an assignment which is why it shows up every so often and we can't just use what Java has for it.) I know I could beg, borrow, and steal what I have found for this code, but I really just want to know why mine won't compile. It complains that on both "else" statements, I don't have an "if." I know it has to be something really easy that I am missing, but I just don't see it. Help!

9 years ago
Hi Folks,

I am taking a beginning Java class and am sure I will be using this site a bunch. We were asked to introduce ourselves here so that when we needed help, we wouldn't be strangers to the site. I have a little background experience with coding, but I think I try to overthink it or something. I am quite nervous about it but very excited. I did the Hello World project and it loaded successfully so I am at least on the right track with the JDK downloaded correctly. Wish me luck!

JA
9 years ago