[stettybet0]

I did have a nice mother's day thanks, I hope you had a nice one as well.

And I have no problem with you posting lots of questions in this topic.

As for your question, here's the easiest way I know how to do it:

import java.text.*;

class decimalrounding {

   public static void main (String[] args) {

	  double a = 2;
	  double b = 3;
	  DecimalFormat decimalround = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");
	  String c = decimalround.format(a/b);
	  System.out.println(c);
   }
}

This will take 2/3, which would normally be displayed as 0.6666666666666666, and display it as 0.67.

If you have any questions, let me know.

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Ah, yes. Much shorter than the confusing and very large algorithm I was using ...

Also, I'm trying to make a class that records any pet's information. I don't really get something - I am supposed to write the program so that it executes differently depending on how much information the user types in when they first type in "java sampleprogram" from the command line. For example, if the program had three variables called "pet", "name", and "color" and the user typed in "java sampleprogram dog rover" the program would instantly store "dog" into the variable pet and "rover" into the variable name, and keep the variable color unchanged (maybe i could assign the color variable to a default color such as brown). Similarly, if the user typed in "java sampleprogram cat, the program would store "cat" into the variable pet, and leave the other two variables unchanged.

I know I am supposed to have three constructor methods and I get how each method would set the appropriate variables but I don't know how to let the program know when to use the one-variable, two-variable, or three-variable constructor.

It's hard to explain, so sorry if that was a shabby explanation!

[Joeturf]

Ah, yes. Much shorter than the confusing and very large algorithm I was using ...

Also, I'm trying to make a class that records any pet's information. I don't really get something - I am supposed to write the program so that it executes differently depending on how much information the user types in when they first type in "java sampleprogram" from the command line. For example, if the program had three variables called "pet", "name", and "color" and the user typed in "java sampleprogram dog rover" the program would instantly store "dog" into the variable pet and "rover" into the variable name, and keep the variable color unchanged (maybe i could assign the color variable to a default color such as brown). Similarly, if the user typed in "java sampleprogram cat, the program would store "cat" into the variable pet, and leave the other two variables unchanged.

I know I am supposed to have three constructor methods and I get how each method would set the appropriate variables but I don't know how to let the program know when to use the one-variable, two-variable, or three-variable constructor.

It's hard to explain, so sorry if that was a shabby explanation!

[stettybet0]

Alright, as you may have figured out by now, I like to teach by demonstration. So...

class sampleprogram {

   public static void main (String[] args) {

	  if (args.length > 3 || args.length < 1) {
		 System.out.println("Enter only 1, 2, or 3 arguments!");
		 System.exit(0);
	  }
	  if (args.length > 0) {
		 String pet = args[0];
		 System.out.println(pet);
	  }
	  if (args.length > 1) {
		 String name = args[1];
		 System.out.println(name);
	  }
	  if (args.length > 2) {
		 String color = args[2];
		 System.out.println(color);
	  }
   }
}

The code is hopefully pretty self-explanatory, but if you have questions please ask. The strings are printed for demonstration purposes, but you can remove that of course.

Edited by stettybet0, 16 May 2007 - 02:21 PM.

[Joeturf]

Thanks for all your help.

Starting only a couple days ago, when I try to run any .jar files from Netbeans, the command prompt comes up with the "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError"" I don't even know what that means and why it's coming up so many times. It's really annoying because I can't really make any projects without being able to test them ...

EDIT : I solved the problem by putting a ".;" at the start of my CLASSPATH in Environment Variables and then adding a constructor for my main method.

Edited by Joeturf, 28 May 2007 - 11:45 AM.

[stettybet0]

grats on solving your own problem.