[mrhemphill]

i have an assigment in my course and the objective is to create a program that detertimes a percent and letter grade with test , midterm and exam marks. my problem is that im receiving an error that says i am missing an error statement, but i cannot find where? any help is appreciated.

import java.io.*;
public class GradesTester
{
	// start the program
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
	{
	Grades student1 = new Grades("Adam Lizote", 85.5, 69, 70);
	student1.markGrades();
	Grades student2 = new Grades("Derik Shasse", 57.9, 80, 85);
	student2.markGrades();
	Grades student3 = new Grades("Asha Barnabey", 93, 83, 89);
	student3.markGrades();
	Grades student4 = new Grades("Brad Bouchee", 45.67, 60, 87.56);
	student4.markGrades();
	// applies the markGrades() method
	}
} 

class Grades
{
	//variables 
	String name;
	double test;
	double midterm;
	double exam;
	double mark;
	double grade;
	
	//initialize variables
	public Grades(String nameStudent, double testMark, double midtermMark, double examFinal)
	{
		name = nameStudent;
		test = testMark;
		midterm = midtermMark;
		exam = examFinal;
	}
	//method
	double markGrades()
	{ 
	mark = ((exam * 0.25) + (midterm * 0.25) + (test*0.5) );
	if (mark >= 90)
	{
		System.out.println(name + "'s Final Grade: " + mark + " or a letter grade of: A");
	}
	else if (mark >= 80 && mark < 90)
	{
		System.out.println(name +"'s Final Grade: " + mark + " or a letter grade of: B");
	}
	else if (mark >= 70 && mark < 80)
	{
		System.out.println(name + "'s Final Grade: " + mark + " or a letter grade of: C");
	}
	else if (mark >= 60 && mark < 70)
	{
		System.out.println(name + "'s Final Grade: " + mark + " or a letter grade of: D");
	}
	else if (mark < 60)
	{
		System.out.println(names + "'s Final Grade: " + mark + " or a letter grade of: F");
	}
	
	}
}

[Crunch]

what do you mean you are missing an error statement ?

[mrhemphill]

*receiving an error that says im missing a return statement

*receiving an error that says im missing a return statement

[MangoTux]

Change

double markGrades()

to a void, because it doesn't return anything.

This post has been edited by MangoTux: 16 May 2012 - 09:47 AM

[Crunch]

you should change double to void if you are not expecting a value from it.

void markGrades()

[mrhemphill]

taking that away doesnt effect it, i think the "missing return" error i get is related to my method? we just learned methods and such this unit,

[calumdt]

change your return type from double to void in line 38 and names to name in line 59

[IamTw_]

mrhemphill, on 16 May 2012 - 09:33 AM, said:

my problem is that im receiving an error that says i am missing an error statement, but i cannot find where? any help is appreciated.

You have created a method which expects a double as return type.

//method
	double markGrades()
	{  
        }

If you don't want it to return anything, make it void

[mrhemphill]

thank you crunch ! that was the issue.

[pbl]

And next time, when you have a compilation error, post the exact error displayed by the compiler that will save time.