Java Tutorial

Java Project: Shopping Cart

A cart of line items with name, quantity, and price. Print a receipt and the grand total.

What you will build

Each line has a name, quantity, and unit price. Print a receipt and the total.

Line items

Example

record Line(String name, int qty, double price) {
  double total() { return qty * price; }
}

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    java.util.List cart = java.util.List.of(
      new Line("Tea", 2, 3.50),
      new Line("Bread", 1, 2.20),
      new Line("Jam", 1, 4.00)
    );
    double grand = 0;
    for (Line line : cart) {
      System.out.printf("%s x%d  %.2f%n", line.name(), line.qty(), line.total());
      grand += line.total();
    }
    System.out.printf("total  %.2f%n", grand);
  }
}

Practice

  1. Compile the complete program at /java/try.
  2. Change one input value and compile again.
  3. Replace a hardcoded number with Scanner when you want typed input.

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