Simple class to add four numbers

Well, if your instructor expects you to know, just go ahead and clear it out that its rocket science to you and you know nothing! Asking here, and might be getting it done by someone will just INCREASE the expectation of your instructor and you will prove he was right...
After this, if it comes in your test/exam... what will you do - cheat?

Either ask for more time to learn and do it or tell your instructor that you just don't know how to do it and seek for help from him.

I know what the program is asking and I know how it should be done, but since I have never done this I am lost on it. I got the beginning of the program asking for the customer name and how many pounds of each. I dont know what to do after that. We don't have a test in this class as our final is write a project. I am a hands on learner so seeing it done then taking from that and adding it in my program how I need it implemented is what I would do. Reading the book has been of no help to me and the instructor moves so fast that I am not the only one having a problem with this. I can learn this with the right help, but I don't know where to find that at this moment. I thought it was here, but that seems to be very wrong and I get criticized because I am new to it. Sorry I am not a expert in the field like most of you are. I was just trying to learn and seek the help your telling me to from another source.

So tell us that to start with. Show us what you have so far, and explain where you are stuck. We aren't going to just give you the full code for your homework (that site is called rentacoder, and they charge you) - if we did, how would you learn?

Some clues:
Console.WriteLine outputs to the console so the user can read it.
Console.ReadLine inputs from the user to a string, so you can read it.
Double.Parse converts a string to a floating point number so you can do math on it.
+ adds numbers
* multiplies numbers

That is about all you really need.
You have the algorithm (see my earlier post), you have the methods you need, off you go.

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PS: I have posted this twice as a comment, but it gets lost each time.

Okay well I got a zero on the assignment so it doesn't matter, but I still would like to know where I have a mistake. I keep getting an error that says

Error   1   Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'double' L:\CIS170B\Week 2\Devry Nut Shop\Devry Nut Shop\Program.cs  50  29  Devry Nut Shop

I can't figure out what it wants, because it is not defined as a string. They are declared as doubles.

Console.Write("Enter customers name: ");
           custName = Convert.ToString(Console.ReadLine());
           Console.WriteLine("\n");                                      //input customer name and how many pounds of each nut they would like
           Console.Write("How many pounds of Cashews? ");
           poundsCashews = Console.ReadLine();
           totalCashews = Convert.ToInt32(poundsCashews);
           Console.Write("How many pounds of Macadamia? ");
           poundsMacadamia = Console.ReadLine();
           totalMacadamia = Convert.ToInt32(poundsMacadamia);
           Console.Write("How many pounds of In-shell? ");
           poundsInShell = Console.ReadLine();
           totalInShell = Convert.ToInt32(poundsInShell);
           Console.Write("How many pounds of Walnuts? ");
           poundsWalnuts = Console.ReadLine();
           totalWalnuts = Convert.ToInt32(poundsWalnuts);

So:

0) Set a total to zero.
1) Read in a number.
2) Multiply is by a price.
3) Output it.
4) Add it to the total
5) Repeat 1 .. 4 three more times, using different prices.
6) Add tax to your total.
7) Output the total.
8) Go for beer after all your hard work.

It's not exactly rocket science, is it? :laugh: