conversion between feet and meters

I am writing a class that contains the following two methods

public static double footToMeter(double foot)
public static double meterToFoot(double meter)

This is what I have



public class conversionsBetweenFeetAndMeters
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// assigning variables
double meter;
double foot;
double x;
double y;

//Header for meters to foot
System.out.println("Meters Feet");

//for loop to call meter method and print out table
for(x = 1; x <=10; x++)
{
meter = footToMeter(x);
System.out.printf("5.1f%20.3f" , x, foot);
}

//Header for foot to meters
System.out.println("Feet Meters");

//for loop to call foot method and print out table
for(y = 20; y <= 65; y = y+5)
{
foot = meterToFoot(y);
System.out.printf("5.1f%20.3f" , y, meter);
}
}

//Converts from feet to meters
public static double footToMeter(double foot)
{
return 0.305 * foot;
}

//Converts from meters to feet
public static double meterToFoot(double meter)
{
return 3.281 * meter;
}
}

I am keep getting this syntax error message: variable foot might not have been initialized.

In Java, class instance variables and static variables have default values: null for all object types, false for boolean primitive and 0 for numeric primitives. But local variables inside a method have no defaults

There is rule that local variables must be first initialized before they are first read.

so u might have to declare like this:

double meter =0, foot =0;

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Originally Posted by Maulin Patel

In Java, class instance variables and static variables have default values: null for all object types, false for boolean primitive and 0 for numeric primitives. But local variables inside a method have no defaults

There is rule that local variables must be first initialized before they are first read.

so u might have to declare like this:

double meter =0, foot =0;

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ok. now when I run the program my formula is incorrect

Code:

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public class conversionsBetweenFeetAndMeters
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // assigning variables
        double meter = 0;
        double foot =  0;
        double x;
        double y;
       
        //Header for meters to foot
        System.out.println("  Feet                Meters");
       
        //for loop to call meter method and print out table
        for(x = 1; x <=10; x++)
        {
            meter = footToMeter(x);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, foot);
            System.out.println();
        }
       
        //Header for foot to meters
        System.out.println("Meters              Feet");
       
        //for loop to call foot method and print out table
        for(y = 20; y <= 65; y = y+5)
        {
            foot = meterToFoot(y);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , y, meter);
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
   
    //Converts from feet to meters
    public static double footToMeter(double foot)
    {
      return 0.305 * foot; 
    }
   
    //Converts from meters to feet
    public static double meterToFoot(double meter)
    {
      return 3.281 * meter;
    }
}

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Code:

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Feet                Meters
  1.0              0.000
  2.0              0.000
  3.0              0.000
  4.0              0.000
  5.0              0.000
  6.0              0.000
  7.0              0.000
  8.0              0.000
  9.0              0.000
 10.0              0.000
Meters              Feet
 20.0              3.050
 25.0              3.050
 30.0              3.050
 35.0              3.050
 40.0              3.050
 45.0              3.050
 50.0              3.050
 55.0              3.050
 60.0              3.050
 65.0              3.050

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It should be

Code:

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feet                meters
1.0                0.305
2.0                0.61    and etc...all the way to 10 and


meters            feet
20.0              65.574
25.0              81.967    and etc...all the way down to 65

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Moderator Edit: Code tags added

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Code:

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        for(x = 1; x <=10; x++)
        {
            meter = footToMeter(x);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, foot);
            System.out.println();
        }

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You're printing out foot result, but your code never changes foot, but rather it sets x and meter.

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Much luck!

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meter = footToMeter(x);
System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, foot);
and
foot = meterToFoot(y);
System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , y, meter);

--->

meter = footToMeter(x);
System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, meter);
and
foot = meterToFoot(y);
System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , y, foot);

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Originally Posted by Fubarable

Here:

Code:

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        for(x = 1; x <=10; x++)
        {
            meter = footToMeter(x);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, foot);
            System.out.println();
        }

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You're printing out foot result, but your code never changes foot, but rather it sets x and meter.

Also, when posting code here, please use code tags so that your code will retain its formatting and thus will be readable -- after all, your goal is to get as many people to read your post and understand your code as possible, right?

To do this, highlight your pasted code (please be sure that it is already formatted when you paste it into the forum; the code tags don't magically format unformatted code) and then press the code button, and your code will have tags.

Another way to do this is to manually place the tags into your code by placing the tag

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above your pasted code and the tag

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Code:

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[code]
  // your code goes here
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[/code]

Much luck!

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Code:

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public class conversionsBetweenFeetAndMeters
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // assigning variables
        double meter = 0;
        double foot =  0;
        double x;
        double y;
       
        //Header for meters to foot
        System.out.println("  Feet                Meters");
       
        //for loop to call meter method and print out table
        for(x = 1; x <=10; x++)
        {
            meter = footToMeter(x);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , x, meter);
            System.out.println();
        }
       
        //Header for foot to meters
        System.out.println("Meters              Feet");
       
        //for loop to call foot method and print out table
        for(y = 20; y <= 65; y = y+5)
        {
            foot = meterToFoot(y);
            System.out.printf("%5.1f%20.3f" , y, foot);
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
   
    //Converts from feet to meters
    public static double footToMeter(double foot)
    {
      return 0.305 * foot; 
    }
   
    //Converts from meters to feet
    public static double meterToFoot(double meter)
    {
      return 3.281 * meter;
    }
}

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Thank you and did I place the code tags correctly?

Thank you guys.

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Originally Posted by Latanyar

Thank you and did I place the code tags correctly?

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Perfectly. Is all working now?