Problem with java program taking user inputs

Question

I'm writing a java program to take a bunch of doubles the user inputs into the command line, add them together, and average them. The user can enter any amount of numbers. When they enter a negative number, the program does the adding/averaging. When i enter a number into cmd line it only lets me enter one. Can anyone help me improve this?

  import java.util.Scanner;
  public class Average
  {
     public static void main (String[] args)
     {
          Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

          System.out.println("Statistics Program, assignment one, program 
          Two. Sean Kerr");
          System.out.println("\nPlease enter a series of numbers. To stop, 
          enter a negative number.");

          //initialize two doubles and an int for our variables: the total numbers,
          //the total added together, and the doubles the user enters into cmd line.

          int amount = 0;
          double totaladded = 0;
          double userinput = 0;

          userinput = keyboard.nextDouble();
          while (userinput >= 0);
          {
             if(userinput > 0 )
             {
                 totaladded = totaladded+userinput;
                 amount++;
             }
          }
          System.out.println("Numbers entered: " + amount);
          System.out.println("The average is: " + totaladded/amount);
      }
 }

You need to have userinput = keyboard.nextDouble(); inside the loop as well. — RaminS
– RaminS, Commented Jan 30, 2019 at 1:23
Thank you. I did that, and it lets me input a number but still only allows for one entry. — sean
– sean, Commented Jan 30, 2019 at 1:27

mkjh · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-30 02:26:30Z

use a do while loop instead,

public static void main (String[] args) {
    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
    int amount = 0;
    double totaladded = 0;
    double userinput = 0;

    do {
        System.out.println("Statistics Program, assignment one, program Two. Sean Kerr");
        System.out.println("\nPlease enter a series of numbers. To stop, enter a negative number.");

        //initialize two doubles and an int for our variables: the total numbers,
        //the total added together, and the doubles the user enters into cmd line.

        userinput = keyboard.nextDouble();

        if(userinput > 0 ) {
            totaladded += userinput;
            amount++;
        }
    } while (userinput >= 0);

    System.out.println("Numbers entered: " + amount);
    System.out.println("The average is: " + totaladded/amount);
}

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