Java - find the average of up to 5 numbers

  1. HOME
  2. Java
  3. Data Types
  4. int type

Description

find the average of up to 5 numbers

Demo

import java.util.Scanner;

public class FiveAverage {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
          System.out.println("This program will find the average of up to 5 numbers");

          Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

          int count, total, runningCount;

          System.out.print("Please choose amount of numbers to average (0-5): ");
          count = input.nextInt();/*from  w w  w  .  j  a v a 2  s.c  o  m*/

          runningCount = count;
          total = 0;

          if (runningCount == 5) {
               System.out.print("Please enter " + (count - runningCount) + " number: ");
               int num = input.nextInt();
               total = total + num;
               runningCount = runningCount - 1;
          }

          if (runningCount == 4) {
               System.out.print("Please enter " + (count - runningCount) + " number: ");
               total = total + input.nextInt();
               runningCount = runningCount - 1;
          }

          if (runningCount == 3) {
               System.out.print("Please enter " + (count - runningCount) + " number: ");
               total += input.nextInt();
               runningCount = runningCount - 1;
          }

          if (runningCount == 2) {
               System.out.print("Please enter " + (count - runningCount) + " number: ");
               total += input.nextInt();
               runningCount--;
          }

          if (runningCount == 1) {
               System.out.print("Please enter " + (count - runningCount) + " number: ");
               total += input.nextInt();
               --runningCount;
          }

          if (count > 0)
               System.out.println("Average is " + (total/count));
          else
               System.out.println("There are no numbers to average");

     }
}

Related Topic