for loop not working properly

[lbgladson]

I have an assignment to get user input for a students name, assignment, number score and letter grade. I have to use a for loop to determine how many students to enter information for and then output all of the information for each student. I cannot figure out where to put the line to output all of the information so that it doesn't output it after entering the information for each student.

public class Grader
{
	String last;
	String assign;
	int score;
	String letterGrade;
	
	public Grader(String lastName, String assignment, int grade, String letterGrade)
	{
		last = lastName;
		assign = assignment;
		score = grade;
	}
	
	public String getStudent()
	{
		return last;
	}
	
	public String getAssignment()
	{
		return assign;
	}
	
	public int getScore()
	{
		return score;
	}
	
	public String getGrade()
	{
		if (score <= 59)
			letterGrade = "F";
		else if (score >= 60 && score <= 69)
			letterGrade = "D";
		else if (score >= 70 && score <= 72)
			letterGrade = "C-";
		else if (score >= 73 && score <= 76)
			letterGrade = "C";
		else if (score >= 77 && score <= 79)
			letterGrade = "C+";
		else if (score >= 80 && score <= 82)
			letterGrade = "B-";
		else if (score >= 83 && score <= 86)
			letterGrade = "B";
		else if (score >= 87 && score <= 89)
			letterGrade = "B+";
		else if (score >= 90 && score <= 92)
			letterGrade = "A-";
		else if (score >= 93 && score <= 96)
			letterGrade = "A";
		else if (score >= 97 && score <= 100)
			letterGrade = "A+";
			
		return letterGrade;
		
	}
	

}

import java.util.Scanner;

public class GradeTester
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		
		Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		int x = 0;
		System.out.print("Enter number of students: ");
		x = in.nextInt();
		

		
		for (int i = 0; i < x; i++)
		{	
			String letterGrade = "";
			
			System.out.print("Enter the students last name: ");
			String lastName = in.next();
			
			System.out.print("Enter the assignment: ");
			String assignment = in.next();
			
			System.out.print("Enter the grade: ");
			int grade = in.nextInt();
			

			Grader grade1 = new Grader(lastName, assignment, grade, letterGrade);
			System.out.print(grade1.getStudent() + grade1.getAssignment() + grade1.getScore() + grade1.getGrade());
			
			
		}
		
	}
}

[Fubarable]

If you want to enter all the information for each student, and then after you're done doing this, display all the results, then you'll need two for loops, one to input the information and one after the first one to display the results.

[lbgladson]

I added this for loop but now it is not displaying any information.

for (int j = 0; i < j; j++)
			{		

			Grader grade1 = new Grader(lastName, assignment, grade, letterGrade);
			System.out.print(grade1.getStudent() + grade1.getAssignment() + grade1.getScore() + grade1.getGrade());
			
			
		}

[Fubarable]

Sorry, I needed to look closer at your code. You'll need an array of Grader of size x, fill it with Grader objects in the first for loop, and then display the results held by the Grader items in the array in the second for loop. If you're still stuck, please post your latest code.

[lbgladson]

I thought about using an array because that would make sense however we have not covered arrays yet so is there another way to do it without using an array?

[Fubarable]

I thought about using an array because that would make sense however we have not covered arrays yet so is there another way to do it without using an array?

You could use an ArrayList, but I consider that even more advanced that using arrays. The problem is if you want to store the input obtained in the first array, you'll need a data structure with which to do this.

[lbgladson]

The assignment says:
Ask the user for a student last name and a score with a Scanner using its next() method and its nextIn() method. It should then create a Grader object using the appropriate information calling the appropriate constructor. It should then display the information obtained from the Grader object and display the assignment name, student name, score, and grade. So is there any way to make this work without an array or would I have to display the information after each person is entered?

[Fubarable]

The assignment says:
Ask the user for a student last name and a score with a Scanner using its next() method and its nextIn() method. It should then create a Grader object using the appropriate information calling the appropriate constructor. It should then display the information obtained from the Grader object and display the assignment name, student name, score, and grade. So is there any way to make this work without an array or would I have to display the information after each person is entered?

My take on the assignment is that it looks like you will want to display the result of each student immediately after entering it. So that suggests that you use only one for loop, no array or ArrayList, and I think that the flow in pseudocode will be:

for x number of students:
   enter one student's information
   display that same student's information
end for loop.

This looks like what you already have posted in your original post. One thing you might need to add is a System.out.println() statement or two so that you don't print everything on the same line.

[lbgladson]

Ok thank you...that is what I will do since it doesn't state that you have to print them all at the end and we haven't learned arrays.