Suggestions for writing this algorithm

[Slin9]

I am currently working on an assignment to write an algorithm in Java to produce and output that is of the perfect squares 1-15. (ie, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25.... 225)

What I have now is...

class PerfectSquares{
     public static void main(Strings args[]){
        int i;
        for(i=1;i<=15;i++){
             System.out.println(i*i);
        }
     }
}

I think i started out okay, but I'm rather lost.

[Junky]

Does your code compile?
Does it run?
Does it produce correct output?

I'm also lost as I don't know what your problem is.

[Slin9]

It compiles fine, but when i run the .class file, it gives me an "exception in the thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: PerfectSquares/class"

The issue at the moment is that I can't get it to output the perfect squares of 1-15, and I'm not quite sure how to change it, so that it does.

[Junky]

Are you running your code from the command line? If so the commands are:

Compile
javac MyProgram.java

Run
java MyProgram

Note how you leave the .class off.

[Eranga]

How did you compile and run your class?

[Junky]

It compiles fine, but when i run the .class file, it gives me an "exception in the thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: PerfectSquares/class"

By the way, did it never occur to that this is vital information that you should have included in your first post?

[Slin9]

Wow... I feel like an absolute idiot right now.
Earlier it compiled fine. This time I compiled it, and it gave me the error, "classPerfectSquare2.java:2: cannot find symbol
symbol : Class strings
location: class PerfectSquares
public static void main(strings args[]){"

so i fixed the strings into string.

and it compiled and ran like a charm.

I appreciate all your help! Sorry for wasting your time.

[Junky]

classPerfectSquare2.java
class PerfectSquares

Looks like you have multiple classes. Maybe you should clean things up.

[JosAH]

Wow... I feel like an absolute idiot right now.
Earlier it compiled fine. This time I compiled it, and it gave me the error, "classPerfectSquare2.java:2: cannot find symbol
symbol : Class strings
location: class PerfectSquares
public static void main(strings args[]){"

so i fixed the strings into string.

and it compiled and ran like a charm.

I appreciate all your help! Sorry for wasting your time.

@Slin9: you should be more exact: you mention 'Strings' in your original post, you mention 'strings' in this post and you claim that your program compiles when you changed it to 'string'. You also didn't mention the compiler errors thrown at you nor the runtime errors when you tried to start your program an yet you wanted us to help you. We can't help you if you don't supply this vital information. This all may seem nitpicking to you but it isn't; we are not psychic; help us to help you; the more accurate your information is you supply the more accurate the answers will be.

kind regards,

Jos

[Slin9]

@Jos: I realized this the further I got along in this thread. Next time I will know better, as you can tell, I'm quite new at this. I thank everyone for their patience and help. Even thought I didn't provide vital information, you guys still asked me questions, that helped me think more thoroughly about the code, which was a great help all in itself!

Thanks again!

[JosAH]

@Jos: I realized this the further I got along in this thread. Next time I will know better, as you can tell, I'm quite new at this. I thank everyone for their patience and help. Even thought I didn't provide vital information, you guys still asked me questions, that helped me think more thoroughly about the code, which was a great help all in itself!

Thanks again!

You're welcome of course; real programmers (like me) are real nitpickers, i.e. they notice every little detail so those details better be correct otherwise your thread may go astray into lala-land with discussions about details that don't matter. In fact it's simple: supply a small, compilable snippet of code that demonstrtates the problem; also supply the compiler error message(s) (if any) and give an accurate description of how your code is misbehaving. Otherwise your threads end up like a guessing game or they're simply ignored.

kind regards,

Jos