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stegamann · Oct 20th, 2004, 12:33 AM

hey,
im very new to programming, and though im not an idiot, feel free to treat me like one.
so i have an assignment in which i have to read a series of doubles, print them, sort them and print the sorted array, all in different methods.
so im pretty sure i could do it in the main, but when i try to return an array from the service method to the main. im getting an error that says .class expected. well i guess i should post the bit.

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double[] series = new double[100];
int index=0;
System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done.");
double y = SavitchIn.readDouble();
while (y != -888)
{
series[index]=y;
index++;
y=SavitchIn.readDouble();
}
return series[];

so if i try to compile that, i get...

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Service.java:23: '.class' expected
        return series[];
                  ^
1 error

anyone have any clue what im doing wrong?
i know it seems like nothing but it would be a big help to me. thanks.

(EDITED (SykkN): fixed your [ CODE ] tags ...)

Mjordan2nd · Oct 20th, 2004, 6:46 AM

Could you post the whole thing?

stegamann · Oct 20th, 2004, 6:57 AM

Here is the whole service method.
this is what is giving me the error.

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public class Service
{
public static char convert(char letter)
{
int x;
x =(int)letter +32;
letter=(char)x;
return letter;
}

public double[] read()
{
double[] series = new double[100];
int index=0;
System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done.");
double y = SavitchIn.readDouble();
while (y != -888)
{
series[index]=y;
index++;
y=SavitchIn.readDouble();
}
return series[];
}
}

thanks

(EDITED (SykkN): same thing here ...)

Ooble · Oct 21st, 2004, 2:24 PM

I'm no Java coder, but one piece of advice: don't but spaces within the [code] tags.

Oct 20th, 2004, 12:33 AM	#1
stegamann Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	hey, im very new to programming, and though im not an idiot, feel free to treat me like one. so i have an assignment in which i have to read a series of doubles, print them, sort them and print the sorted array, all in different methods. so im pretty sure i could do it in the main, but when i try to return an array from the service method to the main. im getting an error that says .class expected. well i guess i should post the bit. (Toggle Plain Text) double[] series = new double[100]; int index=0; System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done."); double y = SavitchIn.readDouble(); while (y != -888) { series[index]=y; index++; y=SavitchIn.readDouble(); } return series[]; double[] series = new double[100]; int index=0; System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done."); double y = SavitchIn.readDouble(); while (y != -888) { series[index]=y; index++; y=SavitchIn.readDouble(); } return series[]; so if i try to compile that, i get... (Toggle Plain Text) Service.java:23: '.class' expected return series[]; ^ 1 error Service.java:23: '.class' expected return series[]; ^ 1 error anyone have any clue what im doing wrong? i know it seems like nothing but it would be a big help to me. thanks. (EDITED (SykkN): fixed your [ CODE ] tags ...)

Oct 20th, 2004, 6:46 AM	#2
Mjordan2nd The Supreme Ruler Join Date: May 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 1,476 Rep Power: 6	Could you post the whole thing? __________________ "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oct 20th, 2004, 6:57 AM	#3
stegamann Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Here is the whole service method. this is what is giving me the error. (Toggle Plain Text) public class Service { public static char convert(char letter) { int x; x =(int)letter +32; letter=(char)x; return letter; } public double[] read() { double[] series = new double[100]; int index=0; System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done."); double y = SavitchIn.readDouble(); while (y != -888) { series[index]=y; index++; y=SavitchIn.readDouble(); } return series[]; } } public class Service { public static char convert(char letter) { int x; x =(int)letter +32; letter=(char)x; return letter; } public double[] read() { double[] series = new double[100]; int index=0; System.out.println("Please input a series of numbers. "+"Input -888 when you are done."); double y = SavitchIn.readDouble(); while (y != -888) { series[index]=y; index++; y=SavitchIn.readDouble(); } return series[]; } } thanks (EDITED (SykkN): same thing here ...)

Oct 21st, 2004, 2:24 PM	#4
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	I'm no Java coder, but one piece of advice: don't but spaces within the [code] tags. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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