Variable not initialized JAVA error

This is my code:

import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Printing

{

public static void main(String[]args)

{

int c;
double total;

String input;

DecimalFormat dfmt = new DecimalFormat("#0.00");

input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("How many copies do you want to make? ");
c = Integer.parseInt(input);

c = 1111; //false number

if (c > 0 && c <= 99) {
System.out.println("Total = " + dfmt.format(total));
}

total = 0.30*c;

}

}


//the error is


java:25: variable total might not have been initialized
System.out.println("Total = " + dfmt.format(total));
^
1 error


Thanks matt

 

Change 'double total;' to 'double total=0.0;'

 

This took away the error but the if statement did not work. What exactly did that change do to the code?

 

It really changed essentially nothing, just made java happy.

Since you're doing "c = 1111; //false number", the if statement wont be true since 1111 isn't between 0 and 99.

Also did you mean to set "total = 0.30*c;" AFTER the if statement? Or did you want to do that before the if statement?

 

No that was my mistake. Thanks for the help.

 

You're welcome.