Is there a shorter way or easier way to write this code?

[gentle stag]

import java.util.Scanner;

public class LabProgram {

// Method to convert feet to steps
public static int feetToSteps(double userFeet) {
return (int)(userFeet / 2.5);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scnr = new Scanner(System.in);
double userFeet = scnr.nextDouble();

  int steps = feetToSteps(userFeet); 
  System.out.println(steps); 

}
}

[desert oar]

<@&987246883653156906> please have a look, thanks.

TJ-Bot

Import java.util.Scanner; public class LabProgram { // Method to convert feet to steps public static int feetToSteps(double userFeet) { return (int)(userFeet / 2.5); // Convert feet to s

teps by dividing by 2.5
}

// Main method to test feetToSteps method
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scnr = new Scanner(System.in);
double userFeet;

  userFeet = scnr.nextDouble();
  
  System.out.println(feetToSteps(userFeet));

}
}

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[gentle stag]

its a bird , its a plane its superman!

im just typing until another goat like you TJ comes along

[finite pendant]

shorter sure, but its just putting things onto one line: System.out.println((int) (new Scanner(System.in).nextDouble() / 2.5));

i personally think this is worse though

[gentle stag]

how come?

[finite pendant]

its a lot less clear what is going on

why 2.5?

you cant reuse the scanner

etc

[gentle stag]

ahhh

i may not need it, but ill try it out before I say anything

[coral nymph]

I would actually make it longer and introduce a constant to remove the magical 2.5 value.

[gentle stag]

SIMON

[coral nymph]

Also please make sure to use meaningful variable names, scnr is not ideal.

View it from a metic user's point of view, what's 2.5? If it was this constant however: STEPS_PER_FEET.

[gentle stag]

Should I use userInputScanner?

wait how you did you make the word look like code on discord

i think I wrote a new one gave me one sec

okay how this code?

import java.util.Scanner;

public class LabProgram {

public static final double STEPS_PER_FEET = 2.5;


public static int feetToSteps(double feetWalked) {
return (int) (feetWalked / STEPS_PER_FEET);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

  Scanner scanne = new Scanner(System.in);

  System.out.print("Enter the number of feet walked: ");
  double feetWalked = scanne.nextDouble();

  int stepsTaken = feetToSteps(feetWalked);
  System.out.println("Estimated steps taken: " + stepsTaken);

  scanne.close();

}
}

[gentle stag]

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

so TJ bot hows your day

[coral nymph]

Or just scanne, long as it gives a clear indication. And by wrapping it in backticks.

[desert oar]

Please use this format for posting code:

```java
// Example java program
int value = 5;
System.out.println(value);
```

Which results in:

// Example java program
int value = 5;
System.out.println(value);

For syntax highlighting, you have to add the name of the language after the three backticks, like ```java. Please make sure to use exactly this format, so no space between the backticks and the language name, and a newline before the code starts. If done right, the syntax highlighting will even be applied to your text as you type, before sending.

simon_verhoeven • used /tag id: code · Feb 3, 2025, 6:32 AM

[gentle stag]

thank you my hero , so how this code?

import java.util.Scanner;

public class LabProgram {

   
   public static final double STEPS_PER_FEET = 2.5;


   public static int feetToSteps(double feetWalked) {
      return (int) (feetWalked / STEPS_PER_FEET);
   }

   public static void main(String[] args) {
     
      Scanner scanne = new Scanner(System.in);

     
      System.out.print("Enter the number of feet walked: ");
      double feetWalked = scanne.nextDouble();
  
      int stepsTaken = feetToSteps(feetWalked);
      System.out.println("Estimated steps taken: " + stepsTaken);

      
      scanne.close();
   }
}

thanks armor

[coral nymph]

Why did you make the contant public?

And you forgot the cloing backticks.

[gentle stag]

thanks

[gentle stag]

for the STEPS_PER_FEET

[coral nymph]

Also your method itself is wrong, you're losing precision since you go from a decimal to a natural number.

Yes.

[gentle stag]

hmm?

should I make it private?

[coral nymph]

Don't make things public that don't need to be so.

[gentle stag]

roger that

okay , make sure to put double instead of int, put private and remember the closing backsticks

[gentle stag]

is that all correct my hero? or am I missing anything else

[coral nymph]

Well the conversion issue that I pointed out. Try it with a few numbers that aren't a multiple of 2.5.

[gentle stag]

alright , and dumb question but do I keep public static void main or change that to private as well

[coral nymph]

Keep it as public since it's the entry point.

[gentle stag]

gotcha thank you

also it was scanner not scanne right?

[coral nymph]

Yes.

[gentle stag]

oh shoot I think I missed up , it was saying "The program must define and call a method:
public static int feetToSteps(double userFeet)"

[gentle stag]

okay im on zybook and doesnt want to specific sadly

I solve it , i forgot but I needed public before because of that and it didn't want precision

here the code I used instead

import java.util.Scanner;

public class LabProgram {

public static final double STEPS_PER_FEET = 2.5;

public static int feetToSteps(double userFeet) {
return (int) (userFeet / STEPS_PER_FEET);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

  double feetWalked = scanner.nextDouble();
  
  
  System.out.println(feetToSteps(feetWalked));

  scanner.close();

}
}