How to avoid 'the local variable may not have been initialized'?

Question

/*This is a program that calculates Internet advertising rates based on what features/options you choose.
 * 
 *  
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Inter         


        

Answer 1

this happens because the assignment occurs inside a conditional, if the condition is not met, the assignment never occurs

to avoid the error you have to assign a value (the most common would be 0) outside the conditional.