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Java throwing exception for "No line found" when attempting to gather input from Scanner object

I am fairly new to Java and am attempting to build a "Top 10 Java Projects for Beginners" project, more specifically, a temperature converter. My code throws the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found
at java.base/java.util.Scanner.nextLine(Scanner.java:1651)
at TempConvert.convertToFar(TempConvert.java:78)
at TempConvert.main(TempConvert.java:15)
I was originally using the scanner "*.nextDouble()" method to grab the double but changed it to the "parseDouble" method as I thought this was perhaps the issue. Alas, this has not helped. Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated!
public static double convertToFar()
{
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String userEntry;
double formula, userDouble;
System.out.print("Enter degrees in Celsius: ");
userEntry = in.nextLine();
userDouble = Double.parseDouble(userEntry);
in.close();
formula = (userDouble - 32) * (5/9);
return formula;
}

I think that the in.nextLine() in the methods you wrote eventually collided with the string that was inputted by the user before the input stream had been closed.
I created one Scanner object and sent it to the methods so that they will be able to use that same object. I close it only when the program ends once the user enters 'E'. It worked for me:
import java.util.*;
public class TempConvert {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
double far, cel;
char userChoice;
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); // I added this line
userChoice = displayMenu(in);
while (userChoice != 'E')
{
if (userChoice == 'F')
{
far = convertToFar(in);
System.out.println("Converted: " + far + "\u00B0");
userChoice = displayMenu(in);
}
else if (userChoice == 'C')
{
cel = convertToCel(in);
System.out.println("Converted: " + cel + "\u00B0");
userChoice = displayMenu(in);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Invalid Entry");
userChoice = displayMenu(in);
}
}
in.close(); // closing the input stream when the program ends
}
public static void displayTitle()
{
String title = "||---- TEMPERATURE CONVERTER ----||";
String one = "-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-";
String two = "|| ** Auth: Arranic ||";
String three = "|| ||";
System.out.println(one + "\n" + three + "\n" + title + "\n" + three + "\n" + two + "\n" + three + "\n" + one);
}
public static char displayMenu(Scanner input)
{
ClearScreen();
displayTitle();
System.out.println("\n");
String choiceString;
char choice;
System.out.println("F - FARENHEIGHT C - CELSIUS E - EXIT");
System.out.print("CONVERT TO: ");
choiceString = input.nextLine();
// input.close() --> removed this line
choice = Character.toUpperCase(choiceString.charAt(0));
return choice;
}
public static void ClearScreen()
{
System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J");
System.out.flush();
}
public static double convertToCel(Scanner in)
{
String userEntry;
double formula, userDouble;
System.out.print("Enter degrees in Fahrenheit: ");
userEntry = in.nextLine();
// in.close() --> removed this line
userDouble = Double.parseDouble(userEntry);
formula = (userDouble - 32) * (5.0/9);
return formula;
}
public static double convertToFar(Scanner in)
{
String userEntry;
double userDouble, formula;
System.out.print("Enter degrees in Celsius: ");
userEntry = in.nextLine();
// in.close() --> removed this line
userDouble = Double.parseDouble(userEntry);
formula = (userDouble * (9.0/5)) + 32;
return formula;
}
}
BTW your calculations are not precise. You should remember that integer/integer = integer. That said, writing 5/9 or 9/5 is not accurate, since the result is an integer type number, and not a double type number, as I assume you wanted to get. (5/9 = 0, 9/5 = 1) So you should have added a 5.0 or 9.0 to the calculations so that Java would understand that you want to get a double type result (double/int = double).
And one more thing, your calculations where misplaced (fahrenheit to celsius gave me the opposite result and vice versa) so I switched them up ;).

cannot find symbol error in condition of while loop

I'm writing a program for an assignment that should give random problems for the user to solve. what I am attempting to make it do is after selecting a problem type and answering one question the program should load the menu up again.
Originally I wrote a method that would be called in the else statement on line 147. The method successfully looped however the assignment specifically asks for a loop to make it happen. I've tried several different ways to change the loops condition statement but I'm not sure where I went wrong? any help would be appreciated.
I want very badly to use a switch statement but I can't as we haven't learned that in class.
// Importing Scanner and Random class for later.
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
class AlgebraTutor {
// Solve for Y method.
public static void solve_for_y() {
// Creation of a random number generator.
Random number_gen = new Random();
// Generates random integers from -100 to 100.
int var_m = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_x = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_b = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
// Print problem out for student to see
System.out.println("Problem: y = " + var_m + "(" + var_x +")" + "+" + var_b);
System.out.println(" m =" + var_m);
System.out.println(" x =" + var_x);
System.out.println(" b =" + var_b);
// This formula will calculate the value of y.
float var_y = (var_m * var_x) + var_b;
// Using the scanners class a scanner object called userInput was created to record students answer. Answer was taken as a string and converted to an integer.
Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please solve for y:");
String user_answer = user_input.nextLine();
int answer = Integer.parseInt(user_answer);
if (answer == var_y){
System.out.println("correct");
}else{
System.out.println("incorrect, The answer is:" + var_y);
}
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Solve for M method.
public static void solve_for_m() {
// Creation of a random number generator.
Random number_gen = new Random();
// Generates random integers from -100 to 100.
int var_y = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_x = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_b = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
// Print problem out for student to see.
System.out.println("Problem: " + var_y + " = m (" + var_x +") + " + var_b);
System.out.println(" y =" + var_y);
System.out.println(" x =" + var_x);
System.out.println(" b =" + var_b);
// This formula will calculate the value of m.
float var_m = (var_y - var_b) / var_x;
// Using the scanners class a scanner object called userInput was created to record students answer. Answer was taken as a string and converted to an integer.
Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please solve for m:");
String user_answer = user_input.nextLine();
int answer = Integer.parseInt(user_answer);
if (answer == var_m){
System.out.println("correct");
}else{
System.out.println("incorrect, The answer is:" + var_m);
}
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Solve for B method
public static void solve_for_b() {
// Creation of a random number generator.
Random number_gen = new Random();
// Generates random integers from -100 to 100.
int var_y = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_x = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
int var_m = number_gen.nextInt(101) - 100;
// Print problem out for student to see.
System.out.println("Problem: " + var_y + " = " + var_m + " (" + var_x +") " + "+ b");
System.out.println(" y =" + var_y);
System.out.println(" x =" + var_x);
System.out.println(" m =" + var_m);
// This formula will calculate the value of m.
float var_b = var_y / (var_m * var_x);
// Using the scanners class a scanner object called userInput was created to record students answer. Answer was taken as a string and converted to an integer.
Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Please solve for b:");
String user_answer = user_input.nextLine();
int answer = Integer.parseInt(user_answer);
if (answer == var_b){
System.out.println("correct");
}else{
System.out.println("incorrect, The answer is:" + var_b);
}
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static void main(String[] args) {
do{
System.out.println("Which type of problem would you like to practice?");
System.out.println("1) Solve for y");
System.out.println("2) Solve for m");
System.out.println("3) Solve for b");
System.out.println("4) To quit");
Scanner selection_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String user_selection = selection_input.nextLine();
if ( user_selection.equals("1")){
solve_for_y();
} else if (user_selection.equals("2")){
solve_for_m();
} else if (user_selection.equals("3")){
solve_for_b();
} else if (user_selection.equals("4")){
System.out.println("Quitting Program");
System. exit(0);
} else{
System.out.println("Please choose from the given options");
}
} while(user_selection.equals("1") &&
user_selection.equals("2") &&
user_selection.equals("3") &&
user_selection.equals("4"));
}
}

You must declare the user_inpout variable outside the do...while loop, then you can check its value in the while() expression. Also you should initialize the scanner only once at the beginning of your program.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner selection_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String user_selection=null;
do
{
System.out.println("Which type of problem would you like to practice?");
System.out.println("1) Solve for y");
System.out.println("2) Solve for m");
System.out.println("3) Solve for b");
System.out.println("4) To quit");
user_selection = selection_input.nextLine();
if (user_selection.equals("1"))
{
solve_for_y();
}
else if (user_selection.equals("2"))
{
solve_for_m();
}
else if (user_selection.equals("3"))
{
solve_for_b();
}
else if (user_selection.equals("4"))
{
System.out.println("Quitting Program");
System.exit(0);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Please choose from the given options");
}
}
while (!user_selection.equals("4"));
}
For the case "4" you have two exists now:
else if (user_selection.equals("4"))
{
System.out.println("Quitting Program");
System.exit(0);
}
and:
while (!user_selection.equals("4"));
Only one of both is needed. So you may either remove the first one or replace the while statement by while(true).

Java grades exercise

I'm Adrian and i'm kinda new to programming, would like to learn more and improve. I was asked to do a grade average exercise and i did this , but i'm stuck at making the code so if you type a number instead of a name the code will return from the last mistake the writer did , like it asks for a name and you put "5". In my code gives an error and have to re-run it. Any tips?
import java.util.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.io.*;
class Grades {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int j = 1;
double sum = 0;
double average;
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Insert Student's Name");
String name = keyboard.next();
System.out.println("Insert Student's Surname");
String surname = keyboard.next();
System.out.println("Student's name: " + name + " " + surname);
System.out.println("How many Grades?");
int nVotes = keyboard.nextInt();
int[] arrayVotes = new int[nVotes];
System.out.println("Now insert all the grades");
for (int i=0; i<arrayVotes.length; i++) {
System.out.println("Insert the grade " + j);
arrayVotes[i] = keyboard.nextInt();
j++;
}
for (int i=0; i<arrayVotes.length; i++) {
sum += arrayVotes[i];
}
average = sum / arrayVotes.length;
System.out.println("Student's grade average is: " + average);
System.out.println("Does he have a good behaviour? Answer with true or false");
boolean behaviourStudent = keyboard.nextBoolean();
average = !behaviourStudent ? Math.floor(average) : Math.ceil(average);
System.out.println("The grade now is: " + average);
keyboard.close();
}
}

At the heart of any solution for this, it requires a loop, and a condition for resetting.
String result = null;
while (result == null) {
//OUT: Prompt for input
String input = keyboard.next();
if (/* input is valid */) {
result = input; //the loop can now end
} else {
//OUT: state the input was invalid somehow
}
//Since this is a loop, it repeats back at the start of the while
}
//When we reach here, result will be a non-null, valid value
I've left determining whether a given input is valid up to your discretions. That said, you may consider learning about methods next, as you can abstract this prompting/verification into a much simpler line of code in doing so (see: the DRY principle)

There are several ways to do it.
But the best way is to use regex to validate the user input.
Have a look at the below code, you can add other validations as well using regex.
import java.util.Scanner;
class Grades {
public static boolean isAlphabetOnly(String str)
{
return (str.matches("^[a-zA-Z]*$"));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int j = 1;
double sum = 0;
double average;
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Insert Student's Name");
String name = keyboard.next();
if(!isAlphabetOnly(name)){
System.out.println("Please enter alfabets only");
return;
}
System.out.println("Insert Student's Surname");
String surname = keyboard.next();
System.out.println("Student's name: " + name + " " + surname);
System.out.println("How many Grades?");
int nVotes = keyboard.nextInt();
int[] arrayVotes = new int[nVotes];
System.out.println("Now insert all the grades");
for (int i=0; i<arrayVotes.length; i++) {
System.out.println("Insert the grade " + j);
arrayVotes[i] = keyboard.nextInt();
j++;
}
for (int i=0; i<arrayVotes.length; i++) {
sum += arrayVotes[i];
}
average = sum / arrayVotes.length;
System.out.println("Student's grade average is: " + average);
System.out.println("Does he have a good behaviour? Answer with true or false");
boolean behaviourStudent = keyboard.nextBoolean();
average = !behaviourStudent ? Math.floor(average) : Math.ceil(average);
System.out.println("The grade now is: " + average);
keyboard.close();
}
}

Need help adding methods in main class

Hello I'm working on a project for my java class, I'm supposed to write a code for a Algebra tutor that goes like this:
Write a program with a that displays a randomly generated problem that asks the user to solve for the y variable, takes input from the user, and prints "correct" if the user answered correctly and prints "incorrect" if not. Your main should give one problem and then exit. Use one or more methods to produce this behavior.
This is regarding the formula mx + b. So here is what I have so far, and works!
import java.util.Random;
import java.lang.Math;
import java.util.Scanner;
class Main {
public static void main(String[] arg){
double min_value = -100;
double max_value = 100;
double m_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
double x_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
double b_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
System.out.println("Given: ");
System.out.println("m = " + m_value);
System.out.println("x = " + x_value);
System.out.println("b = " + b_value);
System.out.print("What is the value of y? ");
Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String user_answer = "";
user_answer = user_input.next();
int correct_answer = (int)m_value * (int)x_value + (int)b_value;
if (user_answer.equals(correct_answer))
System.out.println("You are correct!");
else
System.out.print("Sorry, that is incorrect. ");
System.out.println("The answer is " + correct_answer);
}
}
so even tho the output is correct, I need to break down the code into smaller methods, this is where Im getting confused on how to take a piece of that code and put it in another method that once it runs it calls for that method too and gives me the same output. I been ready the material given but the more I read it the more confuse I get. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions please let me know any info will be really appreciate. Thank you

Here's a quick rundown on methods, so it's not completely done yet. Ask, if you need more help! Good luck on your homework and on becoming one of the beast developers!
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a = 1; // give a value of 1
methodTwo(a); // sending the int a into another method
}
// Here's method number two
static void methodTwo (int a) { // it gives a's type and value
System.out.println(a); //Gives out a's value, which is 1
}
}

Technically you've solved the problem correctly, you are using one or more methods, but perhaps what you trying to do is a common code refactor called the extract method / extract function refactor Executing this type of refactor leads to much more readable and maintainable code, and is easy to do.
As a starter, identify code that repeats or looks similar, in your case, the following lines look ripe for extract method:
double m_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
double x_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
double b_value = (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
Notice that the RHS of each line is identicial, so we can replace the explicit code with a method call like this:
double m_value = getRandomDoubleBetween(max_value, min_value);
double x_value = getRandomDoubleBetween(max_value, min_value);
double b_value = getRandomDoubleBetween(max_value, min_value);
private double getRandomDoubleBetween(double max_value, double min_value) {
return (int)(Math.random()*((max_value-min_value)+1))+min_value;
}
You can identify other areas of code that either contain repetition or perhaps some hard to understand code that would be more understandable if it was extracted into a method that had a name that reveals what the code is doing.

Please review this, you are comparing string with integer,
if (user_answer.equals(correct_answer))
This may help you:
import java.util.Scanner;
class Main {
public static void main(String[] arg) {
double min_value = -100;
double max_value = 100;
double m_value = generateRandom(max_value, min_value);
double x_value = generateRandom(max_value, min_value);
double b_value = generateRandom(max_value, min_value);
System.out.println("Given: ");
System.out.println("m = " + m_value);
System.out.println("x = " + x_value);
System.out.println("b = " + b_value);
checkAnswer(m_value, x_value, b_value);
}
private static void checkAnswer(double m_value, double x_value, double b_value) {
System.out.print("What is the value of y? ");
Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
String user_answer = "";
user_answer = user_input.next();
int correct_answer = (int) m_value * (int) x_value + (int) b_value;
if (user_answer.equals(String.valueOf(correct_answer))) {
System.out.println("You are correct!");
} else {
System.out.print("Sorry, that is incorrect. ");
System.out.println("The answer is " + correct_answer);
user_input.close();
}
}
static int generateRandom(double max_value, double min_value) {
return (int) ((int) (Math.random() * ((max_value - min_value)
+ 1)) + min_value);
}
}

Problem with weight conversion program

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class WeightConverter
{
private double numOfLbs2Conv, numOfKilos2Conv, converted2Pounds, converted2Kilograms;
private final double WEIGHT_CONVERSION_FACTOR = 2.20462262;
private int desiredDecimalPlaces;
private boolean toKilos, toPounds;
public void readPoundsAndConvert()
{
toKilos = true;
System.out.print("Enter the number of pounds to convert to "
+ "kilograms: ");
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
numOfLbs2Conv = keyboard.nextDouble();
converted2Pounds = numOfLbs2Conv / WEIGHT_CONVERSION_FACTOR;
}
public void readKilogramsAndConvert()
{
toPounds = true;
System.out.print("Enter the number of kilograms to convert to "
+ "pounds: ");
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
numOfKilos2Conv = keyboard.nextDouble();
converted2Kilograms = numOfKilos2Conv * WEIGHT_CONVERSION_FACTOR;
}
public void displayBothValues()
{
System.out.print("How many places after the decimal would you like? ");
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
desiredDecimalPlaces = keyboard.nextInt();
String decimalCounter = "0.";
for (int i = 0; i < desiredDecimalPlaces; i++)
{
decimalCounter = decimalCounter + "0";
}
DecimalFormat decimalsConverted = new DecimalFormat(decimalCounter);
if (toKilos)
{
System.out.println("The number of kilograms in "
+ decimalsConverted.format(numOfLbs2Conv) + " pounds is "
+ decimalsConverted.format(converted2Kilograms) + ".");
System.out.print("Press Enter to continue ... ");
System.out.println("");
keyboard.nextLine();
}
if (toPounds)
{
System.out.println("The number of pounds in "
+ decimalsConverted.format(numOfKilos2Conv) + " kilograms is "
+ decimalsConverted.format(converted2Pounds) + ".");
System.out.print("Press Enter to continue ... ");
System.out.println("");
keyboard.nextLine();
}
}
}
Hi all.I'm having trouble getting this together. The output is screwed. If the user converts to pounds (readPoundsAndConvert()) first, the output will say that the converted answer is 0. If the user convert kilograms first, the kilograms will convert properly and then for somereason the readPoundsAndConvert() method will be called an d behave properly. I have no clue why this is happening and have been spending hours on it. Can someone tell me how to get this to behave properly? If you need me to post the rest of the program, I will.

You're using your variables backwards... In readPoundsAndConvert() you're storing the converted value in converted2Pounds, but when you try to display it, you're reading from converted2Kilograms.

It looks like you're setting toKilos and toPounds to true in your two "convert" methods, but you aren't simultaneously setting the other to false. Thus, if you've called one of the convert methods before, when you call displayBothValues() both toKilos and toPounds will be true and both will be printed.