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Java

Posted by Dave Rumishek
Dave Rumishek
692 Points

Creating A New Java Program With These.....

So, I'm trying to create a basic program in JAVA that is able to convert American measurements to metric, specifically converting a person's height from feet and inches to meters. Anyway that somebody can help with this?

I'm thinking of it looking like this:

What is your name: Dave What is your height? Feet: 5 Inches: 11

Dave, your height in meters is: 1.8034

2 Answers

Joshua Douce
Joshua Douce
13,120 Points
Joshua Douce
Joshua Douce
13,120 Points

Hi, you will want to start by creating a class with an appropriate name. Then add some variables you think you may need to store your values. Make sure you consider whether to you use int or floats as this will determine the degree of accuracy you can get. Then add the methods to convert the the different units of measurements. That should give you the basics of the conversion process. Hope this will give you a solid start

Dave Rumishek
Dave Rumishek
692 Points
Dave Rumishek
Dave Rumishek
692 Points

So, how would that all look in code format?