Exercises: Calculator
Write a program that emulates a calculator. It’s a more complete exercise to what was presented previously.
It should support:
+(addition)-(subtraction)*(multiplication)/(division)
It accepts the operands and the operation on multiple lines.
Input:
3
*
2
Output: 3 * 2 = 6
Hint:
// String comparison works like this:
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
String a = scanner.next();
if (a.equals("hello")) {
System.out.println("Are equal");
}
if ("hello".equals(a)) {
System.out.println("Are equal");
}
More features:
- Add looping to the calculator. Instead of exiting after the calculation it should ask the user if they want
to continue or quit. If the user enters
quitthe program stops. - Handle division by zero. As you might have noticed an input of
2/0crashes the program. Handle that case. - DIFFICULT / EXTRA Give the user the possibility to use the last result as one of the values in the next calculation.
Input:
3
*
2
Output: 3 * 2 = 6
Input:
last
*
2
Output: 12
Hint:
// How to convert a string to an integer
String a = "42";
int b = Integer.parseInt(a);