Adding up all values generated from a for-loop

[BariMutation]

Here's the code I have:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Random;

public class Assignments
	{
		public static void main (String[] args)
      	{

				Random gradeGenerator = new Random();
				int finalAssignments = 0;
				int grade = 0;

				for (int i=1; i<=6; i++)
					{
						grade = gradeGenerator.nextInt(100) + 1;
						System.out.println("The grade for assignment " + i + " is " + grade);
					}		
			}
	}

It's part of a much bigger program, but the details don't matter. Essentially what I need is to add up all of the values that will be generated by this code and store them in a variable.

For instance, if all my values happen to be 1, then the final variable would be 15 because it added up all of the 1's.

Thanks for any help! I've only been in a java class for a few weeks now, and I have a strong feeling that this is a really stupid question... thanks for dealing with the beginner!

[al_Marshy_1981]

you need to add up all the grades right? make a variable of type int called totalGrades and initialise it equal to zero. add grade to it for every iteration of your for loop,

[BariMutation]

Yeah, you get what I'm trying to do. But I'm not entirely sure on how to go about doing what you recommended... I'm not looking for you to answer the problem for me, but give me a hint? lol

[Zack]

You're obviously familiar with variable declaration, so you can do that part (hint: do that before the for loop). Are you familiar with the increment/decrement operators? (++, --, +=, -= ?) Hint: One of those goes in the for loop block. (Here is some info on those operators if you need it.)

[BariMutation]

Yep, got it! Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. When I was working on it last night, it never dawned on me that I could have something like "finalAssignments += grade". I always that that I needed a number on the right hand side of the increment operator.