why wont my program work?

[kburton89]

 
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
import java.util.*;
public class Assignment1
 
{
// do nothing constructor
public Assignment1()
{}
public static void main(String[]args)
{
Assignment1 assign = new Assignment1();
assign.Runit();
}
private void Runit()
    {
 
          //Gather the information from the user
       Scanner input1 = new Scanner(System.in);
       String gender = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Gender: ");
       Scanner input2 = new Scanner(System.in);
       int age;
       JOptionPane.showInputDialog("enter age: ");
       age = input2.nextInt();
 
       JOptionPane.showInputDialog(age);
 
        if (age <= 17 )
            System.out.println( "Person is a boy");
        else  
            System.out.println ( "Person is a Man");
    }
 
 
}
 
 
 

[Nepomuk]

Well first of all, because you're mixing command line input (Scanners for System.in) and input via Swing objects (InputDialogs). And secondly because you're not doing anything with the age you read in line 24. Have a good look at the lines 20 to 27 and think about what exactly they do.

Greetings,
Nepomuk