[louisianapadawan]

OK. I'm about to pull out all the hair on the top of my head. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Here is the problem that I am working on :

Use the wrapper classes to create an application that reads a 5 digit number from the user and then reports back the sum of those digits.

Here is my non-working code. Please help me understand what I'm doing wrong.

   public static void main(String[] args) {
        
       
        String num = null;

        
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        
        System.out.println("Enter a five digit number: ");
        num = scan.next();
        System.out.println(num);
        
        for (int i = 0; i <1; i++) {
            num = Integer.parseInt();
            System.out.println(num);
        
    }
}
}

The error is in the second line of the for loop, "num = Integer.parseInt.();" The error says, "No suitable method found for parseInt()"

[raghav.naganathan]

Well, that is because Integer.parseInt takes string as parameter and the variable you are storing the result in should be an integer variable.

I would suggest you do something like this.

for (int i = 0; i <1; i++) 
{
  int newNum = Integer.parseInt(num);
  System.out.println(newNum);
}

regards,
Raghav

This post has been edited by raghav.naganathan: 08 March 2013 - 03:05 AM

[jjh08]

You have to import the Integer wrapper class. The compiler can't see the static method parseInt()

import java.lang.Integer

Place the import statement at the top of your code.
*EDIT*
Do what Raghav says also. Here is the API for parseInt().

This post has been edited by jjh08: 08 March 2013 - 03:09 AM

[raghav.naganathan]

jjh08, on 08 March 2013 - 03:34 PM, said:

You have to import the Integer wrapper class. The compiler can't see the static method parseInt()

import java.lang.Integer

Place the import statement at the top of your code.

Well, not really. The program will work even if you don't do the import.

The problem was happening because he was not specifying a string parameter to Integer.parse method.

regards,
Raghav

[louisianapadawan]

jjh08, on 08 March 2013 - 03:04 AM, said:

You have to import the Integer wrapper class. The compiler can't see the static method parseInt()

import java.lang.Integer

Place the import statement at the top of your code.
*EDIT*
Do what Raghav says also. Here is the API for parseInt().

OMG! Rofl. I can't believe I forgot to import. lol I'm even worse than I thouht I was. /sigh

Thank you very much for the help.

[jjh08]

raghav.naganathan, on 08 March 2013 - 03:08 AM, said:

jjh08, on 08 March 2013 - 03:34 PM, said:

You have to import the Integer wrapper class. The compiler can't see the static method parseInt()

import java.lang.Integer

Place the import statement at the top of your code.

Well, not really. The program will work even if you don't do the import.

The problem was happening because he was not specifying a string parameter to Integer.parse method.

regards,
Raghav

Yes, you are correct. I edited my other post. I had not looked in the API at first.

[baavgai]

How exactly are wrapper classes involved here?

Also, if you're using Scanner, why aren't you using nextInt()?

[louisianapadawan]

Both of you were right. Thank you for the help. It's so frustrating being a rookie!

[raghav.naganathan]

Also, how is the sum of the digits involved in your code?

A small hint I can give you is you need to use the % operator in your for loop.

regards,
Raghav

[louisianapadawan]

baavgai, on 08 March 2013 - 03:12 AM, said:

How exactly are wrapper classes involved here?

Also, if you're using Scanner, why aren't you using nextInt()?

I'm using Scanner to get a string from the user. This allows the user to enter any number they want (double) and not just ints. The wrapper takes that string and stores it as an Integer which will then allow me to perform a math operation with it.

[raghav.naganathan]

louisianapadawan, on 08 March 2013 - 04:01 PM, said:

baavgai, on 08 March 2013 - 03:12 AM, said:

How exactly are wrapper classes involved here?

Also, if you're using Scanner, why aren't you using nextInt()?

I'm using Scanner to get a string from the user. This allows the user to enter any number they want (double) and not just ints. The wrapper takes that string and stores it as an Integer which will then allow me to perform a math operation with it.

Well, that can be done, but even if you use Double.parseDouble() method for getting a double value from a string, there will be a problem when you use the % operator as % operator will only work with integer values.

regards,
Raghav

[jon.kiparsky]

raghav.naganathan, on 08 March 2013 - 05:58 AM, said:

Well, that can be done, but even if you use Double.parseDouble() method for getting a double value from a string, there will be a problem when you use the % operator as % operator will only work with integer values.

Not true. It works just as you'd expect.

public class Junk
{
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        double d = 7.5;
        System.out.println(d % 0.5);
        System.out.println(16 % d);
    }
}

/home/OMGEO/jon.kiparsky/junk:2030 $ java Junk
0.0
1.0

[baavgai]

louisianapadawan, on 08 March 2013 - 05:31 AM, said:

I'm using Scanner to get a string from the user. This allows the user to enter any number they want (double) and not just ints.

So would nextDouble(). Only with less chance of failure.

louisianapadawan, on 08 March 2013 - 05:31 AM, said:

The wrapper takes that string

Sorry, wrapper class has a specific meaning in OO... wait, you mean the Integer wrapper class, not anything your wrote? Got it.

So, you wanted Integer n = new Integer((int)scan.nextDouble());?

[pbl]

jjh08, on 08 March 2013 - 05:04 AM, said:

You have to import the Integer wrapper class. The compiler can't see the static method parseInt()

import java.lang.Integer

Place the import statement at the top of your code.

False ! The java.lang classes are auto,aticaly imported

[louisianapadawan]

Ok. I haven't made much progress on this. Here is what I have. Anytime I try to get the first or second character from newNum, I get an error saying newNum can't be dereferenced. So how do I get the sum of newNum ?

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        int num6;
        
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        
        System.out.println("Enter a five digit number: ");
        String num = scan.next();
//        System.out.println(num);
        int newNum = Integer.parseInt(num);
        System.out.println(newNum);
        
        // This gets the first number in the string

        System.out.println(num.charAt(0));
        int num1 = num.charAt(0);

        // This gets the second number in the string
          
        System.out.println(num.charAt(1));
        int num2 = num.charAt(1);

        num6 = num1 + num2;
        System.out.println(num6);