[weber14]

Hi I'm new to Java. I am trying to write a program that allows the user to select a medium to calculate the speed of sound. The user will need to choose a medium (air, water, steel) & then input how far the sound wave will travel. I have to create a menu with the 3 options & have the program generate an error message if incorrect data is entered by the user. Below is my code. I keep getting an error back stating that there is a syntax error on token else. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

This is what I have so far. If I remove the else statements, the program runs, but when you input any letter for the medium, the program terminates.

import java.util.Scanner;	//import the Scanner class

class Wave
{
	public static void main (String[] args)
	{
		double distance;	//distance variable
		double time;	//time variable
						
		String medium;
		char Air = 'a';
		char Water = 'w';
		char Steel = 's';
		
		Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		System.out.println("Welcome to Sound Wave Calculator\n");
		
		System.out.println("Select the medium the sound wave will travel through.");	
		System.out.println("	A	Air");
		System.out.println("	W	Water");
		System.out.println("	S	Steel");
		medium = in.next();
		Air = medium.charAt(0);
		Water = medium.charAt(0);
		Steel = medium.charAt(0);
		
		System.out.println("How far will the sound travel (in feet)?");
			distance = in.nextDouble();
			
		char response1 = 0;
		if ((response1 == 'a') || (response1 == 'A'))	//control condition
		{
			time = distance/1100;
			System.out.print("The sound wave will travel" + time + "seconds");
			medium = in.next();
			response1 = medium.charAt(0);		//response is the first letter
		}
		
		char response2 = 0;
		else if ((response2 == 'w') || (response2 == 'W'))	//control condition
		{
			time = distance/4900;
			System.out.print("The sound wave will travel" + time + "seconds");
			medium = in.next();
			response2 = medium.charAt(0);
		}
		
		char response3 = 0;
		else if ((response3 == 's') || (response3 == 'S'))
		{
			time = distance/16400;
			System.out.print("The sound wave will travel" + time + "seconds");
			medium = in.next();
			response3 = medium.charAt(0);
		}
		else if (medium != 'a' && medium != 'w' && medium != 's')
		{
		System.out.println("Illegal entry. Aborting Program.");
		System.out.println("Goodbye.");
		}
	
		System.out.println("Goodbye");			//end of main
	}
}