Help with rounding slash program

[Darrel104]

I made a program that calculates pie(i think it works) but the answer is always rounded i get like 4.0.
I also noticed that if i System.out.println(3/4) it doesnt output a decimal number.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.

Edit: Btw the program should output around 3.1 something when you enter 10 as number of iterations. (around pie)

import java.util.Scanner;
public class pie {
// pi * 4 = 1 - (1/3)+(1/5)-(1/7)+...
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          
          Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
          int iter;
          double pie;
          boolean minus = true;
          System.out.println("<<<< Pie Calculator >>>>");
          System.out.print("\nEnter The Number of iterations to use to approximate pie: ");
          iter = input.nextInt();
          
          
          pie = 1.00001;
          
          
          
          for (int i=3 ; i < iter ; i+= 2)  {
          
          if (minus= true)		{
               pie -=  1/i ;  
               minus = false;
          				     }
          else 			   {
               pie +=  1/i;
               minus = true; 	}
               
          					  }
          
          pie *= 4;
     
          System.out.println("\nAmount of pie = " + pie +(3/4));
       
          
     }
}

[Justin Zellers]

Here is the solution you are looking for, using your code.

import java.util.Scanner;
public class pie {
// pi * 4 = 1 - (1/3)+(1/5)-(1/7)+...
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          
          Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
          int iter;
          double pie;
          boolean minus = true;
          System.out.println("<<<< Pie Calculator >>>>");
          System.out.print("\nEnter The Number of iterations to use to approximate pie: ");
          iter = input.nextInt();
          
          
          pie = 1.00001d;
          
          
          
          for (int i=3 ; i < iter ; i+= 2)  {
          
          if (minus)		{
               pie -=  1d/(double)i ;  
               minus = false;
          				     }
          else 			   {
               pie +=  1d/(double)i;
               minus = true; 	}
               
          					  }
          
          pie *= 4d;
     
          System.out.println("\nAmount of pie = " + pie +(3d/4d));
       
          
     }
}

Two issues here. The else would never execute because you were always assigning the value of true to minus. The comparison operator is == and you had =. Simply using minus or !minus would be sufficient.

The second issue is with your primitive data types. When performing arithmetic operations on two integer data types the result will be an integer. therefore 1/3 will always be 0 when the decimal is truncated. you must specify that the 1 and the 3 are doubles or floats by placing the d or f, respectively, behind them.

[Darrel104]

Thanks a whole lot i wouldnt of never found that out without you, never herd of that syntax rule.