I need some help please.

[dc2acgsr99]

Heres whats going on, I need a program for class that...

1. asks for number of students.
2. give an input box for their name.
3. give an input box for student score.
4. repeat steps 3 and 4 as many times as inputed in step 1.
5. show the students scores in highest to lowest order with the average.
6. must check for errors.
7. if a number is put where a letter should be or vise versa it must be caught until user quits or enters right response.

now here is where I stand and I will be standing for a long time because I just don't know how to get all that to work. He said something about "arrays" but did not say much about them. I am lost and need much o help here

Code:

 	import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class kthLab3
 {
 	
 	public static void main(String [] args)
 	{
 		progra();
 		System.exit(0);
 	}
 	
 	public static void progra()
 	{	
 		intro();
 		numberOf();	
 	}
 
 	public static void intro()
 	{
 		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This program will take a given number of students and show you the user their scores from highest to lowest with the class average.");
 	}
 	
 	public static void numberOf()
 	{
 		String response;
 		
 		response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter number of students.");
 		
 		if (response == null){JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You have chose to quit using the program.");
			System.exit (0);}
 	
 		else 
	    	{response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog 
	    	("Please enter a number.");}
 	
 		response = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is the students name?");

[hardwired]

Code:

import java.util.Arrays;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
 public class Lab3
 {
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
         intro();
         int numberOfStudents = 0;
         String response = null;
         do
         {
             response =
                 JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter number of students.");
             numberOfStudents = Integer.parseInt(response);
         }
         while(response == null || response.length() == 0);
         String[] names = new String[numberOfStudents];
         int[] scores = new int[numberOfStudents];
         getInput(names, scores);
         System.out.printf("names = %s%n", Arrays.toString(names));
         // Now you can process the collected data.
     }

    public static void intro()
    {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This program will take " +
                  "a given number of students and show you the user " +
                  "their scores from highest to lowest with the " +
                  "class average.");
    }
 
    public static void getInput(String[] names, int[] scores)
    {
        // Fill the arrays with user input.
        int count = 0;
        do
        {
            String s =
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is the students name?");
            names[count] = s;
            s = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter a number.");
            scores[count] = Integer.parseInt(s);
        }
        while(count++ < names.length-1);
    }
}

[dc2acgsr99]

Wow thank you so much for that. I have been studying the code you presented me with and am starting to grasp the concept. I am just stuck on figuring where to put a "catch (Exception e)" so the program will catch when a letter is put in place of a number or vice versa. Problem is I can not find where to put the "try." I am thinking that two try catches are needed since there is an input for the names and the numbers. Am I right in that assumption? Also I am trying to get the results to show on a "JOptionPane.showMessageDialog" but as with the catch phrase I keep getting many errors when I place it in there. Can someone give me a general idea of where the try catch needs to be?

[hardwired]

Code:

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        intro();
        int numberOfStudents = 0;
        boolean succeded;
        do
        {
            succeded = true;
            String response =
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter number of students.");
            try
            {
                numberOfStudents = Integer.parseInt(response);
            }
            catch(NumberFormatException e)
            {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "NFE: " + e.getMessage());
                succeded = false;
            }
        }
        while(!succeded);
        String[] names = new String[numberOfStudents];
        ...
    public static void getInput(String[] names, int[] scores)
    {
        ...
            String s =
                JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is the students name?");
            names[count] = s;
            s = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter a number.");
            // You can do the same here as above: guard this parseInt
            // method call with a try/catch statemnt and JOptioPane
            // notification. Incrementing the "count" variable may
            // need some attention/help.
            scores[count] = Integer.parseInt(s);
        }
        while(count++ < names.length-1);
    }

[dc2acgsr99]

Its been a while since I been here, just started a job and haven't had much time to work on my Java class work between work and other classes. Anyways below is my code as it stands but my problem is with the average number for the project. For some reason it is not showing the average of the numbers I input.. I am at a complete loss here. So here is the code, a second set of eyes would be great, Thanks....

Code:

import java.util.Arrays;
import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class Lab3
 {
     public static void main(String[] args)   //start main
     {
     	program();
     	System.exit(0);
     }   //end main
     
     public static void program()   //start program
     {   
         intro();
         
         int numberOfStudents = 0;
         String response = null;
         
         do
         {
             response =
             JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter number of students.");
             numberOfStudents = Integer.parseInt(response);
         }
         
         while(response == null || response.length() == 0);
         String[] names = new String[numberOfStudents];
         int[] scores = new int[numberOfStudents];
         
         getInput(names, scores);
         System.out.printf("names = %s%n", Arrays.toString(names));
         System.out.printf("scores = %s%n", Arrays.toString(scores));
         
         // get max
         int myMax;
   	     myMax = max (scores);
   	     System.out.println ("MyMax is: " + myMax);
   	  
   	     // get min
         int myMin;
   	     myMin = min (scores);
   	     System.out.println ("MyMin is: " + myMin);
   	 
   	 	 // get average
   	 	 int myAvg;
   	     myAvg = doAvg (scores);
   	     System.out.println ("MyAvg is: " + myAvg);
   	  }   //end program

    public static void intro()   //start msg
    {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This program will take " +
        "a given number of students and show you the user their scores "+
        "from highest to lowest with the class average.");
    }  //end msg
 
    public static void getInput(String[] names, int[] scores)   //start info grab
    {
        // Fill the arrays with user input.
        int count = 0;
        do
        {
            String s =
            JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What is the students name?");
            names[count] = s;
            s = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Please enter a number.");
            scores[count] = Integer.parseInt(s);
        }
        while(count++ < names.length-1);
    }   //end infor grab
   	  
    public static int max(int[] t)   //start max num
    {
   	
    int maximum = t[1];
    
      for (int i = 0; i < t.length; i++)
      {
        if (t[i] > maximum) 
        {
            maximum = t[i];
        }
      }
    return maximum;
    }   //end max num
    
    
    public static int min(int[] t) 
    {
    int minimun = t[1];   // start min num
    
      for (int i = 0; i < t.length; i++)
      {
        if (t[i] < minimun) 
        {
            minimun = t[i];   
        }
      }
    return minimun;
    }   //end end min num
    
    public static int doAvg(int[] scores)   //start avg num
	{
    int  sum = 0;
    
    	for (int ctr = 0; ctr < scores.length; ctr++) 
    	{
        	sum += scores[ctr];
    	}
    return sum / (scores.length - 1);
	}   //end avg num
    
 }

[hardwired]

Code:

   	 	 // get average
   	 	 double myAvg;
...
    public static double doAvg(int[] scores)   //start avg num
	{
    double  sum = 0;
    
    	for (int ctr = 0; ctr < scores.length; ctr++) 
    	{
        	sum += scores[ctr];
    	}
    return sum / (scores.length - 1);
	}   //end avg num

[dc2acgsr99]

I see the difference here is the use of doubles. When I compile the code with doubles in the doAvg I get error messages. What reason would there be for it to be getting wrong averages? Also I am trying to stick to integers.