Scanner Class help?

[thename1000]

Hi,

I'm trying to create this output:

Input team 1's name:
Team 1
Input team 1's ranking:
90.4
etc.

For 8 teams.

This is what I have:


import java.util.Scanner;

public class Tournament {
public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println("Input team 1's name:");
Scanner a = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 1's ranking:");
Scanner b = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 2's name:");
Scanner c = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 2's ranking:");
Scanner d = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 3's name:");
Scanner e = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 3's ranking:");
Scanner f = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 4's name:");
Scanner g = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 4's ranking:");
Scanner h = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 5's name:");
Scanner i = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 5's ranking:");
Scanner j = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 6's name:");
Scanner k = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 6's ranking:");
Scanner l = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 7's name:");
Scanner m = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 7's ranking:");
Scanner n = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 8's name:");
Scanner o = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Input team 8's ranking:");
Scanner p = new Scanner(System.in);

}

}

But when I try to compile it gives me 33 errors: "Tournament.java:36: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location : class Tournament
Scanner [whatever variable]= new Scanner(System.in);"

Even if it does compile will the code I provided produce that output? I think I might need to use loops, but how would I do that?

Any ideas?

Thanks

[thename1000]

EDIT:

I have gotten help from someone and he gave me the following code:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;



class Tournament {

public static void main (String[] args) {

int numberOfTeams = 8;

Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

List<Team> teams = new ArrayList<Team>();

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

System.out.printf("\nInput team %d's name: ", i + 1);

String name = in.nextLine();

System.out.printf("Input team %d's ranking: ", i + 1);

double rank = Double.parseDouble(in.nextLine());

Team team = new Team(name, rank);

teams.add(team);

}

System.out.println("\n\nHere are the teams you entered:");

for (Team team : teams) {

System.out.println(">>> " + team);

}

}

}



class Team {

private String name;

private double rank;



public Team(String name, double rank) {

this.name = name;

this.rank = rank;

}



public String toString() {

return String.format("Team[%s, rank: %.1f]", this.name, this.rank);

}

}

I understand mostly what this is doing, (it does exactly what i wanted) but I don't understand the addition of arrays and the "Team team"

Can someone please explain roughly what each part of this chunk of code does?

Thanks

[Ganon11]

So you asked for help somewhere else, and he gave you the full code without bothering to explain? In effect, you haven't learned how to do the project on your own. You should go back to this person and tell them you didn't learn anything, and you'd actually like an explanation of how to do it so you can become a better programmer.

[sreekandank]

Try with JDK1.5.0 or any higher version of Java. Because Scanner class is available from JDK1.5.0