Problems with basic java

Question

Hey all,
Im new to this and i appericate any help you can give me:
Im trying to ask the user for a character, and using an if statement output its (predefined) decimal equivelant. But i am having trouble, i think the if statement is fine but its reading the char into a string that im having trouble with, ANY help woudl be gREAT! thanks
import java.io.*;
public class prac3roman1
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
          int decimal = 0;
          char numeral;
          String input_string;     
          BufferedReader myInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          //System.out.print("Numeral 1: ");
          //input_string = myInput.readLine();     
          //char numeral = input_string.charAt (0);
          if (char numeral = i);
               int decimal = 1;               
          else
               if (char = v)
                    int decimal = 5;
               else
                    int decimal = 10;
          System.out.println("The decimal equivelant is" + decimal);
}

Answer 1

Hi,
Please post this to an appropriate forum. This forum is exclusively related to discussions about Sun Java Studio Creator.
May be you can post here
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=31
MJ