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    Title:            Calculating Program 2

    Author:           James D. Skrentny, skrentny@cs.wisc.edu
                      copyright 2009-2012 all rights reserved
    Course:           CS 302, Lectures 1 & 2
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// Code sample showing user input, which makes a program more GENERAL.
// Also note the clear prompts and output includes units, which make the
// program more USER FRIENDLY.
//
// This is a better approach than what was done in the CylinderVolume program.

import java.util.Scanner;

public class RectangleArea {

	public static void main (String[] args) {

		Scanner stdIn = new Scanner(System.in);
		double area, length, width;

		// get input (include unit of measurement)
		System.out.print("Enter the width [inches]: ");
		width = stdIn.nextDouble();
		System.out.print("Enter the length [inches]: ");
		length = stdIn.nextDouble();

		// calculate the area
		area = length * width;
	
		// output the result (include unit of measurement)
		System.out.print("A rectangle of length " + length
		 + " in. and width " + width + " in. has an area of ");
		System.out.println(area + " in. squared.");

	} // method main

} // class RectangleArea