[ITreallyhappens]

Make running java program that inputs the camper's name and
user enters a score in each of four areas. Scores range from 1 to 10. The four areas are: swimming,tennis,horsemanship and crafts.
The output is the total score that is the sum of the entered name's skill scores. Design an interactive screen for this program.

input name: Mark
enter score for swimming: 2
enter score for tennis: 4
enter score for horsemanship: 6
enter score for crafts: 1
Mark's total score: 13

loop until user finished entering data.

will i use GUI in this program?
how can i connect the string name to the scores then get its total sum?
any advice or programs that can help would do..
thanks

by the way.. i will use try and catch in order to hold the maximum value not exceeding the score of 10?

[Cuzzie]

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will i use GUI in this program?

That's up to you, but I don't think that's necessary. You can just make a console application that uses Scanner to take in user input, and normal System.out.println() to show the output.

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how can i connect the string name to the scores then get its total sum?

Huh? Why do you need to connect the name to the scores? You can have 5 different variables for this: name, swimmingScore, tennisScore, horsemanshipScore, and craftsScore, then print out the value of these variables, and calculate the total sum.

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by the way.. i will use try and catch in order to hold the maximum value not exceeding the score of 10?

You can use a do-while loop to keep looping the user if he enters a value that exceeds 10.

[WannaJava?]

You don't need to link the string name to the scores, you can simple create a camper class to create a camper object. You then store the values there using a constructor. Like Cuzzie said, you don't need to 'link' them together.

Also, I would recommend doing a console menu for this project if you are new to GUI.

You don't have to use a try and catch, though it is good practice. You can check input with and if statement or a while loop.

[macosxnerd101]

Check out my tutorial Moving Away From Parallel Arrays for a good starting point.

[pbl]

ITreallyhappens, on 12 September 2012 - 10:46 AM, said:

by the way.. i will use try and catch in order to hold the maximum value not exceeding the score of 10?

No this is not a good practice...
try/catch clauses are for unpredicable error trapping
If you can can p[redict the event and thus throw the Exception you shouldn't do it
a if() statement would do the job