[benjaa]

hey guys
please help
when i run the code i get : error cannot find symbol
for outputData(actualVotes, voteTalley);

i know that im calling it in the main method and that i need to add it to a class some how but i dont know how can somebody please show me i will paste code below

thanks so much

<code>


import java.util.*;


public class RateJava {

public static void main (String [] args)

{

int [] voteTalley = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};

int [] actualVotes = new int [11];



inputData(actualVotes);

outputData(actualVotes, voteTalley);



}

public static void inputData (int[]actualVotes)


{

Scanner myKeyboard = new Scanner (System.in);

while(true)

{

int index;

System.out.print("Please enter your votes (-1 to exit): ");



try

{

index = myKeyboard.nextInt();

}



catch(InputMismatchException e)

{

System.out.println("This is an invalid number");

myKeyboard.nextLine();

continue;

}



if(index == -1)

return;

if (index >= 0 && index < actualVotes.length)

actualVotes[index]++;

else

System.out.println("Invalid number");



}
}
}

<code>

[MrFujin]

Please put your code in code tags to keep proper code format/indentation.

you will have to create the function, similar to what you did with when you created the inputData function.

[JonesJava]

Here is his code in a more readable format.

import java.util.*;


public class RateJava {

	public static void main (String [] args)

	{

		int [] voteTalley = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
		int [] actualVotes = new int [11];

		inputData(actualVotes);
		outputData(actualVotes, voteTalley);

	}

	public static void inputData (int[]actualVotes)
	{
		Scanner myKeyboard = new Scanner (System.in);

		while(true) 
		{
			int index;
			System.out.print("Please enter your votes (-1 to exit): ");
			try
			{
				index = myKeyboard.nextInt();
			}
			catch(InputMismatchException e)
			{
				System.out.println("This is an invalid number");
				myKeyboard.nextLine();
				continue;
			}

			if(index == -1)
				return;

			if (index >= 0 && index < actualVotes.length)
				actualVotes[index]++;

			else
				System.out.println("Invalid number");



		}
	}
}

The problem with this code, as MrFujin stated, is that you are calling a function that does not exist.

This line works fine because you have a method called inputData that accepts an array as an argument.

inputData(actualVotes);

The line outputData(actualVotes, voteTalley); is a compilation error because this is an undefined method.

I'm not 100% sure what the purpose is of this code, but I think your outputData method will look something like this...

	public static void outputData(int[] a, int[] b)
	{
		for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
		{
			System.out.println("There were "+a[i]+" votes rating Java a "+b[i]+".");
		}
	}