Advice on Java programming design

**helen1974** · 11-01-2012, 05:13 PM

I am very new to java, basically i am self learning for fun and taking hints and tips from anywhere i can get them. I have written some small programs, nothing very difficult at all, i find i can solve many of the problems i encounter using (Do While - IF & IF Else), my problem is this, i don't know enough of the Java commands to vary how i structure my programming designs, there are obviously many other Java commands which can make the programming experience more interesting and efficient but not knowing which ones to use and how to construct them is a bit of a problem, i don't have a specific question but i will attach some code if your interested in viewing it and maybe giving me some feedback on how to re-write the code in a more efficient way, if that's possible. I don't want to be a Java programmer who only use's a small portion of the available commands.

Java Code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Q10 {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Scanner myinput = new Scanner(System.in);

      int accno, balance = 0, ItemsCharged = 0, TotalCreditApplied = 0, CreditLimit = 2000;

      System.out.println("Please enter your account number ");
      accno = myinput.nextInt();
      System.out.println("Hi, your account number is "+accno+" your current Credit Limit is "+CreditLimit);
      System.out.println();

      do {
         System.out.println("Please enter the value of your current purchases for today ");
         ItemsCharged = myinput.nextInt();
         TotalCreditApplied = ItemsCharged+TotalCreditApplied;
         balance = CreditLimit - TotalCreditApplied;

         if(TotalCreditApplied > CreditLimit) {
            System.out.println("You have reached your available Credit Limit");
         }
         else {
            System.out.println("Total value of items charged to your account in this sale is "+ItemsCharged);
            System.out.println("Total overall Credit applied to your account is "+TotalCreditApplied);
            System.out.println("Your account balance available to spend is "+balance);
         }
      }
      while(TotalCreditApplied < CreditLimit);
   }
}

**Tolls** · 11-01-2012, 05:57 PM

My first comment (and only one at the moment) is to indent your code correctly.
Unindented (unformatted) code is very hard to read.

**helen1974** · 11-01-2012, 06:09 PM

Hi Tolls,

When you say indent code, what does this mean ?

Helen

**Tolls** · 11-01-2012, 06:27 PM

Java Code:

public class SomeClass {
    private int someId;

    public void someMethod() {
        while(someBoolean) {
            doSomethingElse();
        }
    }
}

**helen1974** · 11-01-2012, 06:33 PM

I have tried to paste the code so that it looks like yours, indented, but it just appears on the screen the same way as my original post, i thought it would appear correctly once i entered [code] at the begining and end of the code i entered, but obviously not, any help in solving this would be appreciated.

Helen