Need help, I am waiting for XML to onLoad to be called before sending return statement

I have created a function that is going to return an array
based on some XML that I am loading.
Below is a visual of what I am trying to do. I am basically
looking for a way to have my function wait for the xml to be loaded
before the return function is sent back to original call.

deathcholo wrote:
the problem is that i do not know hot to implement the rules and how to update the score in my java programm....this is what i have done so faralues.
So is there a question here or is this a "please do my work for me post"
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- SSD to replace HDD (However, if possible, I would like a laptop with dual HDD support or swap the optical drive for another HDD. If I had access to 2 drives, I would have and HDD/SSD combo).
- Medium/high end NVIDIA GPU to take advantage of OpenGL while editing.
QUESTIONS
1) Does the “Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously” option enhance general editing performance (applying filters, scrubbing through the timeline, reverting history states)? Or does it ONLY help speed up RAM previews and final output? Does it reduce the length of RAM previews?
1b) Is this option even necessary to enable on 64bit systems? (As far as I understand it was used to solve a problem where 32bit systems/software would only recognize 4GB of RAM per instance of AE).
1c) If I turn this option on to help with RAM previews, would I be hindering general editing performance in any way? Or does this option have basically zero drawbacks?
2) How come “Actual CPUs that will be used” will read 0 even if the sum total of RAM assigned to the CPUs plus the RAM reserved for other applications is less than the total available system RAM (on a 64bit system)? For example, I currently have 4GB RAM and 2 installed CPUs. I have 1.5GB reserved for other programs and when I set 0.75GB per CPU both CPUs are used. However when I set 1GB per CPU then 0 CPUs are used, even though the total RAM adds up to only 3.5GB.
CPU
3.) Considering the fact that I am more concerned with smooth performance while editing rather than final output speeds, would it be better to get a dual core i5 clocked around 2.5 or a quad core i7 clocked around 1.8?
4.) What is the difference between an i3 and an i5 processor even if they are clocked at the same speed? How does an i5 460M compare on the grand scheme of things?
RAM
6.) Should the quantity of RAM that I get (8GB vs 12GB) be based on the number of cores in my CPU? If so, how should I be calculating optimal RAM based on # of cores. Should I also be counting threads, or just actual physical cores?
STORAGE/SWAP
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Please make sure that you've read through this page and what it points to.
> 1) Does the “Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously” option
enhance general editing performance (applying filters, scrubbing through
the timeline, reverting history states)? Or does it ONLY help speed up
RAM previews and final output? Does it reduce the length of RAM
previews?
It only increases rendering speed for RAM previews and rendering for final output. In After Effects CS5, it doesn't decrease the length of RAM previews. (In CS4, it does.)
1b) Is this option even necessary to enable on 64bit
systems? (As far as I understand it was used to solve a problem where
32bit systems/software would only recognize 4GB of RAM per instance of
AE).
You misunderstood. Yes, it's still relevant on 64-bit computers. Moreso, in a way. (I'd rather not spend my entire Sunday writing out detailed answers to satisfy idle curiosity, so I'm not going to give all the technical detail to that answer.)
> 1c) If I turn this option on to help with RAM previews,
would I be hindering general editing performance in any way? Or does
this option have basically zero drawbacks?
It takes a small but nonzero time for the background processes to start up when they need to be used and shut down when they're done. And as they sit waiting, they take up a little bit of memory. So, it's not exactly correct to say that there are no downsides to leaving it on. But it's close. I leave it on.
> 2) How come “Actual CPUs that will be used” will read 0 even
if the sum total of RAM assigned to the CPUs plus the RAM reserved for
other applications is less than the total available system RAM (on a
64bit system)? For example, I currently have 4GB RAM and 2 installed
CPUs. I have 1.5GB reserved for other programs and when I set 0.75GB per
CPU both CPUs are used. However when I set 1GB per CPU then 0 CPUs are
used, even though the total RAM adds up to only 3.5GB.
4GB - 1.5GB for other software leaves 2.5 GB for After Effects.
If you have 1GB assigned per background CPU, then the foreground takes 1.2x that = 1.2GB. That leaves 1.3GB for background processes, which is enough for one background process. There's no point in starting only one background process to do rendering, so it doesn't bother. (Note: When background processes are rendering, the foreground process isn't rendering.)
> 3.) Considering the fact that I am more concerned with
smooth performance while editing rather than final output speeds, would
it be better to get a dual core i5 clocked around 2.5 or a quad core i7
clocked around 1.8?
Get the quad-core. That gives you a greater total number of cycles. And After Effects works very well with mutliple processors, even beyond Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing. An entirely unrelated sort of multiprocessing (multithreading) spreads work out to multiple processors.
> 6.) Should the quantity of RAM that I get (8GB vs 12GB) be based on the number of cores in my CPU? If
so, how should I be calculating optimal RAM based on # of cores. Should
I also be counting threads, or just actual physical cores?
The optimum amount is the amount that you can cram into the computer. I'm not kidding. Spend your budget on RAM until you have 4GB installed per processor (and I'm counting the virtual processors due to hyperthreading). If you have a quad-core, that's 8 CPUs with hyperthreading, so the optimum amount of RAM installed is 32GB. You can work with less, but you did ask about optimum. For HD work (i.e., 1920 pixels across), you're OK with more like 3GB installed per CPU. That's what I have at home: 24GB in a quad-core. You're going to assign 2/3 or so of the RAM to After Effects, so 3GB installed per CPU is 2GB per core for HD work in After Effects.
> 10.) Would it be better to have 8GB of RAM and an SSD, or 12GB of RAM and an HDD? Explain why.
12GB of RAM. Because After Effects likes RAM. (If you're thinking of deliberatly using virtual memory to swap memory to the hard disk, don't. That's a performance killer.)
> 10.) After Effects utilizes OpenGL to enhance editing performance.
Not really. If you're on a limited budget, don't even think about the GPU until you've already got the most RAM, the fastest CPUs, the largest number of CPUs, two fast hard disks, and a couple of good monitors. Then, and only then, should you even consider getting soemthing beyond a non-stock graphics card. Yes, OpenGL can be used to accelerate some things, but that's only for the low-fidelity preview renderer. (Pardon the bluntness, but I want to make sure that you heed this.)

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Hi,
My name is Sasi. I am a BME grad student working on my thesis topic of evaluating spine implants for low back pain. For this I am building a test machine that would apply pure moments to a spine specimen. I am using LabVIEW 8.5 to implement control of a brushless AC servo motor. My requirement is,
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Step
3: While doin Step 2; simultaneously read torque cell data (Using DAQ
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Step
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Step 6: Once again when torque reaches -10 Nm, i.e. 0 V, the motor should stop.
Step 7: Repeat 'Step 2' to 'Step 6' 3 times.
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Till now I have managed to get the motor to move forward n backward @ a desired vel, accl, n deceleration for 3 cycles. I am attaching my code. I am having problem inserting the code for reading DAQmx amidst all this. Can anyone help me out.
Thnks,
Sasi.
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
Test_012609.vi ‏35 KB

Hi Sasidhar,
I took a look at your problem and I think I have a workable solution for you. I definitely agree with Lynn's suggestion of using parallel loops. This will allow the DAQmx portion to run uninhibited by the motion portion, and vice versa. Plus, you only need to iterate the motion loop whenever the voltage level crosses a threshold. So, by iterating on the motion code in the same loop that you are iterating on DAQmx code, you are essentially wasting processor.
I created a VI that should do what you are wanting. I tested it out myself and it works great. You might have a tweak a few things to apply to your system (like motion board ID and DAQmx physical channel, etc.). I used two parallel loops and event-based programming. Basically the motion loop starts the motor spinning at the specified velocity. Once the motor is spinning, it waits for the DAQmx loop to tell it that the voltage value has crossed the threshold. When the voltage value exceeds the maximum threshold (which I set to a value slightly less than 10 to allow for jitter and saturation), the DAQmx loop signals the motion loop that it can finish its iteration. The motion loop stops the motion, reverses the direction, and starts the motion again. Once motion has started, it again waits for the DAQmx loop to tell it that a threshold has occurred, but this time, it is looking for a minimum threshold. I used "Occurrences" to implement the event-based programming in LabVIEW.
I have commented the code rather thouroughly, so hopefully the comments will answer any remaining questions. The benefit of using event-based programming for this is that you save processor time, and your motion is more closely synchonized with the DAQmx. Instead of iterating the motion loop as fast as you can, checking for updates each time, you just pause it, and wait for the other loop to tell you when to start up again. In the mean time, the processor doesn't have to worry about iterating that loop over and over again. Also, when the occurrence does occur, you catch it immediately, instead of having to wait until the next iteration. Thus, you are more closely synchronized with the DAQmx portion of the code.
I hope this will help you. Please post back if you have any questions about the code or its implementation. Good Luck!
Message Edited by Wes P on 02-03-2009 05:18 PM
Wes P
Certified LabVIEW Developer
Attachments:
Motion and DAQ.vi ‏59 KB
DAQmx Loop.png ‏24 KB
Motion Loop.png ‏17 KB

Need help updating Camera Raw for d600.

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The method causes in infinite loop, I believe this is happening because the notify is being called before the dialog window has completed then when the wait is set up there is no notify to come. My problem is the wizard is used in other circumstances where it will not look for this. Would it be okay to add the notify() to the wizard's functionality even though sometimes there will be no monitor waiting for it? Can anyone give me any advice on this? Thanks.

>
The reason I believe this was a race condition is because when I run this code without the synchronized call and the DialogUtils.showinfoDialog commented out as shown below. When the zip occurs some of the files do not show up in the newly created .zip. But if I uncomment the dialog call then the .zip contains everything I expect it to.
>
Okay, so let's restate this:
Problem
I try to zip a file, but when I try to run the code above, then some of the files don't make it to the Zip archive. Some do, some don't.
Diagnostics
I notice when I call DialogUtils.showinfoDialog then the zip is formed properly. I think this is because the showinfoDialog method makes the user click on a button before returning. So my concern is that I am generating a race condition by <doing something... I have no idea what...>.
Okay, so now we have that out of the way, You also say "Also, the reason I think this is an infinite loop is because when I added the synchronized calls and it gets to this part of the program it hangs and must be force quit." For there to be an infinite loop, there first has to be a loop, then there has to be a condition for ending the loop that never is reached. I still see no loop in your code, so it is impossible to have an infinte loop in any code that you have shown (there may be an infinite loop someplace else that you aren't showing). That said, your computer can hang for any number of other reasons, including any un-interrupted blocking operation (reading from a Stream, waiting on a BlockingQueue, calling wait() without notify()), or a deadlock situation. The problem with saying that you have an infinite loop is that the first thing to do to fix that is to look at the loop. If you don't know what is causing a hang, just say 'The program is hanging here.' That way we can look at different reasons for hangs, rather than getting caught up in a red herring of an infinite loop.
Okay, down to the problem:
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2) We can't help you with the code you provided. It tells us nothing about what is going on. What is DialogUtils? FileUtils? RistrettoWizard? No clue. Don't know what any of those methods do. What context is this method called in? Why the synchronization?
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Bought Used Mac Mini...need help to change email for updates

Purchased an used Mac Mini and I want to change my defaults to my name and get rid of the sellers name, I also need help in changing the email default for getting my updates from Apple. That's the most important to me... I've got 5 updates waiting and the message I receive is to get my updates from the sellers email address. Thanks!!!

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Need help. New camera for student

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It actaully depends on the budget. There are some point and shoot camera with manual controls like Canon G12, Nikon P500. If you want one with interchangable lens than can go with DSLR cameras. Few days back Canon has announced 2 new DSLRs Canon T3i and T3 you can have a look at the Canon T3i Preview. Also it is quite possible that Canon drops the prices for Canon T2i or Canon T1i since the new one has come, so if you can wait for few more weeks than might see some drop in prices.
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I am hobbyist photographer and have played with most of the leading cameras.

Need help with calculator project for an assignment...

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Here is the project's specifications that I need to do"
"""Create a console calculator applicaion that:
* Takes one command line argument: your name and surname. When the
program starts, display the date and time with a welcome message for the
user.
* Display all the available options to the user. Your calculator must include
the arithmetic operations as well as at least five scientific operations of the
Math class.
-Your program must also have the ability to round a number and
truncate it.
-When you multiply by 2, you should not use the '*' operator to perform the
operation.
-Your program must also be able to reverse the sign of a number.
* Include sufficient error checking in your program to ensure that the user
only enters valid input. Make use of the String; Character, and other
wrapper classes to help you.
* Your program must be able to do conversions between decimal, octal and
hex numbers.
* Make use of a menu. You should give the user the option to end the
program when entering a certain option.
* When the program exits, display a message for the user, stating the
current time, and calculate and display how long the user used your
program.
* Make use of helper classes where possible.
* Use the SDK to run your program."""
When the program starts, it asks the user for his/her name and surname. I got the program to ask the user again and again for his/her name and surname
when he/she doesn't insert anything or just press 'enter', but if the user enters a number for the name and surname part, the program continues.
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??
Here is the programs code that I've written so far:
{code}
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class Project {
     private static String nameSurname = "";
     private static String num1 = null;
     private static String num2 = null;
     private static String choice1 = null;
     private static double answer = 0;
     private static String more;
     public double Add() {
          answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) + Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
     public double Subtract() {
          answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) - Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
     public double Multiply() {
          answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) * Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
     public double Divide() {
          answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) / Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
     public double Modulus() {
          answer = (Double.parseDouble(num1) % Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
     public double maximumValue() {
          answer = (Math.max(Double.parseDouble(num1), Double.parseDouble(num2)));
          return answer;
     public double minimumValue() {
          answer = (Math.min(Double.parseDouble(num1), Double.parseDouble(num2)));
          return answer;
     public double absoluteNumber1() {
          answer = (Math.abs(Double.parseDouble(num1)));
          return answer;
     public double absoluteNumber2() {
          answer = (Math.abs(Double.parseDouble(num2)));
          return answer;
     public double Squareroot1() {
          answer = (Math.sqrt(Double.parseDouble(num1)));
          return answer;
     public double Squareroot2() {
          answer = (Math.sqrt(Double.parseDouble(num2)));
          return answer;
     public static String octalEquivalent1() {
          int iNum1 = Integer.parseInt(num1);
String octal1 = Integer.toOctalString(iNum1);
return octal1;
     public static String octalEquivalent2() {
          int iNum2 = Integer.parseInt(num2);
          String octal2 = Integer.toOctalString(iNum2);
          return octal2;
     public static String hexadecimalEquivalent1() {
          int iNum1 = Integer.parseInt(num1);
          String hex1 = Integer.toHexString(iNum1);
          return hex1;
     public static String hexadecimalEquivalent2() {
          int iNum2 = Integer.parseInt(num2);
          String hex2 = Integer.toHexString(iNum2);
          return hex2;
     public double Round1() {
          answer = Math.round(Double.parseDouble(num1));
          return answer;
     public double Round2() {
          answer = Math.round(Double.parseDouble(num2));
          return answer;
          SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy");
     Date now = new Date();
     SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");
     static Date timeIn = new Date();
     public static long programRuntime() {
          Date timeInD = timeIn;
          long timeOutD = System.currentTimeMillis();
          long msec = timeOutD - timeInD.getTime();
          float timeHours = msec / 1000;
               return (long) timeHours;
     DecimalFormat decimals = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");
     public String insertNameAndSurname() throws IOException{
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    while (nameSurname == null || nameSurname.length() == 0) {
                         for (int i = 0; i < nameSurname.length(); i++) {
                         if ((nameSurname.charAt(i) > 'a') && (nameSurname.charAt(i) < 'Z')){
                                   inputCorrect = true;
                    else{
                    inputCorrect = false;
                    break;
                    try {
                         BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("Please enter your name and surname: ");
                         nameSurname = inStream.readLine();
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    }catch (IOException ex) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter your name and surname, " + nameSurname + " is not a name, please enter your name and surname :");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    System.out.println("\nA warm welcome " + nameSurname + " ,todays date is: " + format1.format(now));
                    System.out.println("and the time is now exactly " + format2.format(timeIn) + ".");
                    return nameSurname;
          public String inputNumber1() throws IOException {
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    try {
                         BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("\nPlease enter a number you want to do a calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         num1 = br.readLine();
                         double number1 = Double.parseDouble(num1);
                         System.out.println("\nThe number you have entered is: " + number1);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("\nYou did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num1 + "\" is not a number!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return num1;
     public String calculatorChoice() throws IOException {
          System.out.println("Please select an option of what you would like to do with this number from the menu below and hit <ENTER>: ");
          System.out.println("\n*********************************************");
          System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
          System.out.println("Please select an option from the list below: ");
          System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
          System.out.println("1 - Add");
          System.out.println("2 - Subtract");
          System.out.println("3 - Multiply");
          System.out.println("4 - Divide (remainder included)");
          System.out.println("5 - Maximum and minimum value of two numbers");
          System.out.println("6 - Squareroot");
          System.out.println("7 - Absolute value of numbers");
          System.out.println("8 - Octal and Hexadecimal equivalent of numbers");
          System.out.println("9 - Round numbers");
          System.out.println("0 - Exit program");
          System.out.println("**********************************************");
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    try {
                         BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("Please enter your option and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         choice1 = inStream.readLine();
                         int c1 = Integer.parseInt(choice1);
                         System.out.println("\nYou have entered choice number: " + c1);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter a valid choice number: " + "\""+ choice1 + "\" is not in the list!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return choice1;
     public String inputNumber2() throws IOException {
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    try {
                         BufferedReader br2 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("\nPlease enter another number you want to do the calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         num2 = br2.readLine();
                         double n2 = Double.parseDouble(num2);
                         System.out.println("\nThe second number you have entered is: " + n2);
                         System.out.println("\nYour numbers are: " + num1 + " and " + num2);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num2 + "\" is not a number!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return num2;
     public int Calculator() {
          int choice2 = (int) Double.parseDouble(choice1);
          switch (choice2) {
                    case 1 :
                         Add();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " + " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 2 :
                         Subtract();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " - " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 3 :
                         Multiply();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " * " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 4 :
                         Divide();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " / " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Modulus();
                         System.out.print(" and the remainder is " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 5 :
                         maximumValue();
                         System.out.println("The maximum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         minimumValue();
                         System.out.println("The minimum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 6 :
                         Squareroot1();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Squareroot2();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 7 :
                         absoluteNumber1();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         absoluteNumber2();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 8 :
                         octalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + octalEquivalent1());
                         octalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + octalEquivalent2());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("\nThe hexadecimal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent1());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The hexadecimal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent2());
                         break;
                    case 9 :
                         Round1();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Round2();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 0 :
                         if (choice2 == 0) {
                              System.exit(1);
                         break;
               return choice2;
          public String anotherCalculation() throws IOException {
               boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                         try {
                              BufferedReader br3 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                              System.out.print("\nWould you like to do another calculation? Y/N ");
                              more = br3.readLine();
                              String s1 = "y";
                              String s2 = "Y";
                              if (more.equals(s1) || more.equals(s2)) {
                                   inputCorrect = true;
                                   while (inputCorrect = true){
                                        inputNumber1();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        calculatorChoice();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputNumber2();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        Calculator();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        anotherCalculation();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputCorrect = true;
                              } else {
                                   System.out.println("\n" + nameSurname + " thank you for using this program, you have used this program for: " + decimals.format(programRuntime()) + " seconds");
                                   System.out.println("the program will now exit, Goodbye.");
                                   System.exit(0);
                         } catch (IOException ex){
                              System.out.println("You did not enter a valid answer: " + "\""+ more + "\" is not in the list!!");
                              inputCorrect = false;
          return more;
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
          Project p1 = new Project();
          p1.insertNameAndSurname();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber1();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.calculatorChoice();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber2();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.Calculator();
               System.out.println("");
               p1.anotherCalculation();
               System.out.println("");
{code}
*Can you please run my code for yourself and have a look at how this program is constructed*
*and give me ANY feedback on how I can better this code(program) or if I've done anything wrong from your point of view.*
Your help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Smirre wrote:
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??You cannot restrict the user. It is a sad fact in programming that the worst bug always sits in front of the Computer.
What you could do is checking the input string for numbers. If it contains numbers, just reprompt for the Name.
AND you might want to ask yourself why the heck a calculator needs to know the users Name.

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