Cam someone please assist me? what I have so far is dreadful

[Zunnie]

You must write a small application in JAVA for items and their prices. Your program must:

1. Create an array of item names. Use the following item names: Bread, Milk, Butter, Chips,
   Honey, Soap, Towel, Carrots, Beans, Samp, Dress, Pants, Shoes, Socks.
2. Create an array of item prices. Use the following item prices: 15.50, 12.00, 56.00, 20.00, 45.00,
   7.00, 75.00, 8.00, 5.00, 12.00, 200.00, 150.00, 400.00, 25.00.
3. Display every item name and its corresponding price. See the sample output given.
4. Print the average price of all the items.
5. Find and display the price of a specific item
   a. Read in the name of the item.
   b. Loop through the items array and look for the specific item.
   c. If the item is found, display the price of the item.
   SAMPLE OUTPUT
   Display every item name and its corresponding price.
   Items in stock with prices

   Bread - R15.5
   Milk - R12.0
   Butter - R56.0
   Chips - R20.0
   Honey - R45.0
   Soap - R7.0
   Towel - R75.0
   Carrots - R8.0
   Beans - R5.0
   Samp - R12.0
   Dress - R200.0
   Pants - R150.0
   Shoes - R400.0
   Socks - R25.0
   Display the average price of all the items
   The average price of all the items is R73.6
   Find and display the price of a specific item – Sample input and output
   Sample run 1 Sample run 2
   Item Look-up
   What item are you looking for?
   Dress
   The price of item Dress is R200.0
   Item Look-up
   What item are you looking for?
   hjgjg
   Item hjgjg is not stocked in the shop.

What I have:

public class ShopApp


public static void main(String args[])


Shop items[]=new Shop[14];
items[0]=new Shop("Bread", (int) 15.00);
items[1]=new Shop("Milk", (int) 12.00);
items[2]=new Shop("Butter", (int) 56.00);
items[4]=new Shop("Chips", (int) 20.00);
items[5]=new Shop("Honey", (int) 45.00);
items[6]=new Shop("Soap", (int) 7.00);
items[7]=new Shop("Towel", (int) 75.00);
items[8]=new Shop("Carrots", (int) 8.00);
items[9]=new Shop("Beans", (int) 5.00);
items[10]=new Shop("Samp", (int) 12.00);
items[11]=new Shop("Dress", (int) 200.00);
items[12]=new Shop("Pants", (int) 150.00);
items[13]=new Shop("Shoes", (int) 400.00);
items[14]=new Shop("Socks", (int) 25.00);

    for (Shop item : items) {
        System.out.println("Item: " + item.item + ", Price:" + item.price);
    } 

    }

class Shop


String item;
int price;

public Shop(String item,int price)

this.item=item;
this.price=price;

[JamesCherrill]

You have created a little class to hold the item names and prices. That's what any Java programmer would instinctively do. The problem is that the specification you have been given tells you to create two parallel arrays. Presumably you teacher is assuming that you haven't learned about classes yet?
In any case, no matter how stupid the spec is, you have to write what you are asked to write if you want to get a good grade.

[Reverend Jim]

If you should continue until you become a professional (employed) programmer you will find out the ugly truth about users. What they ask for is seldom what they want, or need. Sometimes it will be your (probably) unpleasant task to explain that to them.