problems with my first java programming assignment

[skim milk]

We only learned just the basics so I want to keep it as simple as possible

Here's the code I wrote so far:

"public class Degrees
{
public static void main (String [] args)
{
int DegreesC, DegreesF;

Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
System.out.println("Enter a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit:");
DegreesF = keyboard.nextInt( );

DegreesC = 5 * (DegreesF - 32)/9;

System.out.println(DegreesF + "degrees Fahrenheit =");
System.out.println(DegreesC +"degrees Celsius.");

}
}
"
I'm getting errors when I try to compile

thanks

 

[clamum]

What are the errors?

 

[skim milk]

it says cannot find symbol
symbol: class Scanner
location class Degrees
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner <System.in>;

2 errors

 

[tfinch2]

Because your not including the Scanner package into your class.

import java.util.Scanner;

I assume?

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Because your not including the Scanner package into your class.

import java.util.Scanner;

I assume?

thanks that fixes the compiling problem


However, I'm wondering how I can get this output?

Enter a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit: 72
72 degrees Fahrenheit = 22.2 degrees Celsius.

Mine looks like this:
Enter a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit:
72
72 degrees Fahrenheit =
22 degrees Celsius.

How do I get 22.2 with the decimal point?
and why is my format so off? I don't know how to get the 72 degrees F = 22 degrees C on the same line

 

[Cooler]

use double and not int for your types.

 

[mundane]

Also, when you use System.out.println(), it puts a newline at the end of the string. If you instead used System.out.print() for the first statement, and then System.out.println() for the second, you'd end up with the formatting you're looking for (in terms of lines). An alternative would be to put both into one println() statement - System.out.println(DegreesF + "degrees Fahrenheit =" + DegreesC + "degrees Celsius");

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

For formatting output, doesn't Java have printf(or similar functionality) now? I think it's part of java 1.5