Hi guys i'm new to programming and i'm supposed to do a sum then average in which the output requests for four numbers from user then takes those #'s add them up and get the average then do a number of values in the array greater than the average is... I keep getting stuck on the formula portions and im pretty sure there will be more errors after that but right now i'm trying to get past these to errors. please help! Thanks!

import java.util.Scanner;

public class AverageArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    final int TOTAL_NUMBERS = 4;
    int[] numbers = new int[TOTAL_NUMBERS];
    float sum;

    //Create a Scanner
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

    //Read all numbers
    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
        System.out.print("Enter a number:");

    //Conver String into integer
    numbers[i] = input.nextInt();
    }

    //Find the sum and average

    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++)
  float sum += numbers[i];

    int average = float sum / TOTAL_NUMBERS;

    }

    //Find the average of the largest number
    int count = 0
    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
        if (numbers[i] == max) count++;

    }

    //Prepare the result
    String output = "The array is";
    for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i ++) {
        output += numbers[i] + " ";
    }

    output += "n\The average is" + average;
    output += "n\The number of values in the array greater than the average" + "is" + count;

    //Display the result
    System.out.println(output);

    }
}

errors

AverageArray.java:23: '.class' expected
float sum += numbers[i];
        ^
AverageArray.java:23: not a statement
float sum += numbers[i];
^

Probably an unmatched bracket? Re-post with code=java tags and properly indented

Probably an unmatched bracket? Re-post with code-java tags and properly indented

Mr. Cherrill I'm new to this daniweb where would I go about reposting with code-java tags?? I see the option for (code) on this message box I'll try that for now but thanks for the resonse.

You click the code button. Doing so produces the two tags that are enclosed in [][]. Before the first ']', put =Java. So it will say . Put your code inbetween so [code=Java]YOUR CODE HERE[othertag][code=Java]. Put your code inbetween so YOUR CODE HERE[othertag][code=Java]YOUR CODE HERE[othertag]

import java.util.Scanner;

	public class AverageArray {
		public static void main(String[] args) {
		final int TOTAL_NUMBERS = 4;
		int[] numbers = new int[TOTAL_NUMBERS];
		float sum;

		//Create a Scanner
		Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

		//Read all numbers
		for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
		System.out.print("Enter a number:");

		//Conver String into integer
		numbers[i] = input.nextInt();
		}

		//Find the sum and average

		for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++)
		float sum += numbers[i];

		int average = float sum / TOTAL_NUMBERS;

		}

		//Find the average of the largest number
		int count = 0
		for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
		if (numbers[i] == max) count++;

		}

		//Prepare the result
		String output = "The array is";
		for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i ++) {
		output += numbers[i] + " ";
		}

		output += "n\The average is" + average;
		output += "n\The number of values in the array greater than the average" + "is" + count;

		//Display the result
		System.out.println(output);

	}
}

AverageArray.java:23: '.class' expected
float sum += numbers;
^
AverageArray.java:23: not a statement
float sum += numbers;

float sum += numbers[i];

Here you are creating a new (uninitialsed) variable, then trying to add 1 to it. You probably didn't mean to create a new variable, so all you needed was

sum += numbers[i];

thanks that helped but now i came up with a different error... wow this site is great!

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