Java Array Problem PLEASE Help!

[SCOTT DELIBAC]

Can Anyone Help??
I have this program which is listed below. I want to take the grades that the students have assigned to them, and assign the letter grades a numeric value so that I can calculate their GPA. I just have no idea how I am supposed to do that?? Can anyone HELP!!!

import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;

public class GradePoint
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{

String tempGrades;
String[][] names = new String[10][6];
String outputGrades = new String();
float gpa;
double A = 4;
double a = 4;
double B = 3;
double b = 3;
double C = 2;
double c = 2;
double D = 1;
double d = 1;
double F = 0;
double f = 0;

for(int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
{
names[x][0] = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please Enter Student number " + (x + 1) + "s Name ");
for(int y = 1; y < 6; y++)
{
do
tempGrades = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please Enter Grade for course number " + (y));
while (!tempGrades.equalsIgnoreCase("A") && !tempGrades.equalsIgnoreCase("B") && !tempGrades.equalsIgnoreCase("C") && !tempGrades.equalsIgnoreCase("D") && !tempGrades.equalsIgnoreCase("F"));
names[x][y]=tempGrades;
}

}
for(int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
{
outputGrades = "Students Name " + names[x][0] + "\n";
for(int y = 1; y < 6; y++)
outputGrades += "Grade for course number " + y + ": " + names[x][y] + "\n";
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, outputGrades);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, names[x][y]);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Grade Report Finished");
System.exit(0);
}

}

[Karl von Laudermann]

"SCOTT DELIBAC" <b1***@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message news:<XGkPb.27044$Xq2.9730@fed1read07>...

Can Anyone Help??
I have this program which is listed below. I want to take the grades
that the students have assigned to them, and assign the letter grades a
numeric value so that I can calculate their GPA. I just have no idea how
I am supposed to do that?? Can anyone HELP!!!

You can't access the variables A, a, B, b, etc. based on a string.
Instead, store the grade values in a HashMap:

HashMap grademap = new HashMap();
grademap.put("A", new Integer(4));
grademap.put("B", new Integer(3));
grademap.put("C", new Integer(2));
grademap.put("D", new Integer(1));
grademap.put("F", new Integer(0));

Then you can look up the numeric value based on the grade string:
int value = grademap.get(names[x][y].toUpperCase());

[Karl von Laudermann]

"SCOTT DELIBAC" <b1***@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message news:<XGkPb.27044$Xq2.9730@fed1read07>...

Can Anyone Help??
I have this program which is listed below. I want to take the grades
that the students have assigned to them, and assign the letter grades a
numeric value so that I can calculate their GPA. I just have no idea how
I am supposed to do that?? Can anyone HELP!!!

You can't access the variables A, a, B, b, etc. based on a string.
Instead, store the grade values in a HashMap:

HashMap grademap = new HashMap();
grademap.put("A", new Integer(4));
grademap.put("B", new Integer(3));
grademap.put("C", new Integer(2));
grademap.put("D", new Integer(1));
grademap.put("F", new Integer(0));

Then you can look up the numeric value based on the grade string:
int value = grademap.get(names[x][y].toUpperCase());

[SCOTT DELIBAC]

Thank you I got it.

-Scott
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"SCOTT DELIBAC" <b1***@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message

news:<XGkPb.27044$Xq2.9730@fed1read07>...

Can Anyone Help??
I have this program which is listed below. I want to take the grades
that the students have assigned to them, and assign the letter grades a
numeric value so that I can calculate their GPA. I just have no idea how
I am supposed to do that?? Can anyone HELP!!!

You can't access the variables A, a, B, b, etc. based on a string.
Instead, store the grade values in a HashMap:

HashMap grademap = new HashMap();
grademap.put("A", new Integer(4));
grademap.put("B", new Integer(3));
grademap.put("C", new Integer(2));
grademap.put("D", new Integer(1));
grademap.put("F", new Integer(0));

Then you can look up the numeric value based on the grade string:
int value = grademap.get(names[x][y].toUpperCase());

[SCOTT DELIBAC]

Thank you I got it.

-Scott
--
Delibac
"Karl von Laudermann" <ka**@ueidaq.com> wrote in message
news:e7**************************@posting.google.c om...

"SCOTT DELIBAC" <b1***@email.uophx.edu> wrote in message

news:<XGkPb.27044$Xq2.9730@fed1read07>...

Can Anyone Help??
I have this program which is listed below. I want to take the grades
that the students have assigned to them, and assign the letter grades a
numeric value so that I can calculate their GPA. I just have no idea how
I am supposed to do that?? Can anyone HELP!!!

You can't access the variables A, a, B, b, etc. based on a string.
Instead, store the grade values in a HashMap:

HashMap grademap = new HashMap();
grademap.put("A", new Integer(4));
grademap.put("B", new Integer(3));
grademap.put("C", new Integer(2));
grademap.put("D", new Integer(1));
grademap.put("F", new Integer(0));

Then you can look up the numeric value based on the grade string:
int value = grademap.get(names[x][y].toUpperCase());