Trying to find error: cannot find symbol

Question

Write a program that reads integers userNum and divNum as input, and outputs userNum divided by divNum three times. Note: End with a newline.

Ex: If the input is:

2000 2

the output is:

1000 500 250

Note: In Java, integer division discards fractions. Ex: 6 / 4 is 1 (the 0.5 is discarded).

import java.util.Scanner;

public class LabProgram {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner scnr = new Scanner(System.in);

int dividend = userNum;

int divNum;

for( int i=0; i<3; i++){

dividend = userNum / divNum;

System.out.print(dividend + " ");

}

}

}

LabProgram.java:6: error: cannot find symbol int dividend = userNum; ^ symbol: variable userNum location: class LabProgram LabProgram.java:10: error: cannot find symbol dividend = userNum / divNum; ^ symbol: variable userNum location: class LabProgram 2 errors

Answer 1

You have not declared the variable userNum. You probably want to declare it as an int, and obtain its value, and that of divNum, from the Scanner object.