[Gisengryl]

It compiles, but not result appears.

int counter = 1;
int a=1;
double product=0;

while (counter<=20){
	if(a%2!=0){
		
		product += a*(a+2);
	}
	a++;
}
System.out.println(product);

[nunc]

What result are you getting? Is it printing out a 0?

[Gisengryl]

nunc, on 06 December 2012 - 07:04 PM, said:

What result are you getting? Is it printing out a 0?

no result at all. It is blank.

[nunc]

Ahh silly me. You have an infinte loop. Your counter variable is never incremented, therefor your while condition is never false. Try combining your counter and "a" into a single variable, and refactoring your code to use a for loop. It should be easier to read

[Gisengryl]

Argh not doing well with this.. I simply cannot figure out the correct formula for this.. What I got so far.. Guess I need a break =/

int product=1;
for (int counter =1;counter<=20;counter++){


	if(counter%2!=0){
		counter = counter*(counter+2);

		product *= counter*(counter+2);
	}
}
System.out.println(product);

[nunc]

Don't modify your counter variable inside the if statement.

Your counter in this case goes from 1 to 20. If it's odd, calculate the product. You don't do any calculations with your counter variable.

Edit: With your calculation it's like this. 1*3*5*7... So keep your previous product, and multiply the new odd number. No need to do anything fancy.

This post has been edited by nunc: 06 December 2012 - 07:47 PM

[burakaltr]

Try this

public class Odd_20 {
	public   static void main(String...args){
	int counter = 1,cnt=1;
	int a=1;
	double product=1;
	int i=1;
	while (counter<=20*2){
		if(a%2!=0){
			
			product *=a;
		}
		a++;counter++;
	}
	System.out.println(product);
 
}

}

This post has been edited by burakaltr: 06 December 2012 - 08:33 PM

[burakaltr]

Or a fancier way of doing this

import java.text.NumberFormat;

public class Odd_20 {
	
	static {
		System.out.println("stat");
	}
	public   static void main(String...args){
	int counter = 1,cnt=1;
	int a=1;
	double product=1;
	int i=1;
	while (counter<=20*2){
		if(a%2!=0){
			
			product *=a;
		}
		a++;counter++;
	}
	NumberFormat form=NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance();
	
	System.out.println(product+" =  "+form.format(product));
 
}

}

This post has been edited by burakaltr: 06 December 2012 - 08:33 PM