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user2036811
user2036811

Reputation: 11

calculating grades from a text file

i got stuck in this assignment. it's about taking some grades from a text file that the user will input than calculating the max , min , mean. the problem is each time i try to compile it it gives me this 

St.java:10: readfile(int[],java.lang.String) in St cannot be applied to (int[])
int n = readfile (grades);

Source code:

import java.io.*;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class St

{

    public static void main ( String [] a )

    {

        Scanner kbd = new Scanner(System.in);

        int count = 0;
        int [] grades = new int [500];
        int n = readfile (grades);

        System.out.println("What file contains the data?");

        String file = kbd.nextLine();

        System.out.println("The maximum grade is: " + max(grades,n));
        System.out.println("The minimum grade is: " + min(grades,n));
        System.out.println("The mean grade is: "+ mean(grades,n));

        }
    public static double mean(int [] grades,int n)
    {
        double sum = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            sum = sum + grades[i];
        }
        return sum/n;
    }

    public static int readfile (int [] grades, String file)
    {
        int count = 0;
        try
        {
            Scanner f = new Scanner (new File (file)); // name of file
            while (f.hasNext()) // checks if there is more input in the file
            {
                grades[count]=f.nextInt (); // grabs the next piece of input
                count++; // moves onto the next piece of input (increasing count)

            }
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.err.println (e);
            System.exit(0);
        }
        return count;


    }
    public static void writeArray (int [] grades , int n)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            System.out.println (grades[i]);
        }
    }   
    public static int max(int [] y,int m)
    {
        int mx = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < m; i++)
        {
            if(y[i] > mx)
            {
                mx = y[i];
            }
        }
        return mx;
    }

    public static int min(int [] grades,int n)
    {
        int mn = 0;

        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            if(grades[i] < mn)
            {
                mn = grades[i];
            }
        }
        return mn;
    }

}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2053

Answers (2)

Nimrod007
Nimrod007

Reputation: 9913

you are trying to pass 

int n = readfile (grades);

but the function you created :

public static int readfile (int [] grades, String file)

is asking for a second variable as a String

you need to change your line :

String fileName= YOUR_FILE_NAME;
int n = readfile (grades,fileName);

Upvotes: 2

eis
eis

Reputation: 53502

You're not using the input file name that you get from user.

Change this:

int n = readfile (grades);
System.out.println("What file contains the data?");
String file = kbd.nextLine();

into

System.out.println("What file contains the data?");
String file = kbd.nextLine();
int n = readfile (grades, file);

So you get the file name from user and pass it on to your method.

Upvotes: 0

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