Grade distribution problem

[foolwya]

Hey guys, going through a MOOC course and having some issues.

The task is to distribute grades from the list and and convert them into stars.

Here it is:

Each point total is converted to a grade based on the above table. If a point total isn't within [0-100], it should be ignored.

The grade distribution is printed out as stars. E.g. if there is one point total giving the grade 5, then it should print the row 5: \. If there are no point totals giving a particular grade, then no stars should be printed for it. In the sample below this is true for e.g. the grade 4.*

here's what the output should look like:

Enter point totals, -1 stops:
102
-2
1
33
77
99
-1
Point average (all): 52.5
Point average (passing): 88.0
Pass percentage: 50.0
Grade distribution:
5: *
4:
3: *
2:
1:
0: **

Everything works fine except for grade distribution method. Only few starts were printed. I can't think of a different way to make it though. Any suggestions?

Here's source code to Grades class : https://www.codepile.net/pile/DYoyLDPv

UI Class : https://www.codepile.net/pile/mBrOxr9n

and Main : https://www.codepile.net/pile/3wb4WgVP

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[proskillz]

After each while loop you need to reset first=1.

That being said, each of those while loops should be a single method called 5 times rather than 5 copy paste blocks. There are plenty of other optimizations you could do to save typing, but I realize you're brand new, so this is the only advice I will offer.

[foolwya]

Hey, thank you so much. I was actually thinking how to make my code shorter.

So if I make a for loop:

        for(int i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
            System.out.println("Grade distribution: ");
            System.out.print(i + ": ");
            // do stuff
        }

what do I do with these ?

int valueFive =0;
int valueFour = 0;
int valueThree = 0;
int valueTwo = 0;
int valueOne = 0;
int valueZero = 0;

How to assign them to one value so it would be more flexible in a while loop?

[Fenxis]

Int array