//This is a java program to find the solution to the linear equation in single variable import java.util.Scanner; public class LEquation { public static void main(String args[]) { String eqn = ""; float ans = 0; float coeffSum = 0; float constSum = 0; float coeffx[] = new float[100]; float[] constant = new float[100]; Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter a linear equation\n"); eqn = in.nextLine(); eqn += "\n"; // System.out.println(eqn); for (int i = 0, j = 0, k = 0; i < eqn.length() - 1;) { if (eqn.charAt(i + 1) == 'x' && i < eqn.indexOf("=")) { if (i != 0 && eqn.charAt(i - 1) == '-') { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = -(Integer.parseInt(x, 10)); coeffx[j++] = n; } } else { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = Integer.parseInt(x, 10); coeffx[j++] = n; } } i += 3; } if (eqn.charAt(i + 1) == 'x' && i > eqn.indexOf("=")) { if (eqn.charAt(i - 1) == '-') { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = Integer.parseInt(x, 10); coeffx[j++] = n; } } else { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = -(Integer.parseInt(x, 10)); coeffx[j++] = n; } } i += 3; } if (eqn.charAt(i + 1) != 'x' && i < eqn.indexOf("=")) { if (eqn.charAt(i - 1) == '-') { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = -(Integer.parseInt(x, 10)); constant[k++] = n; } } else { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = Integer.parseInt(x, 10); constant[k++] = n; } } i += 2; } if (eqn.charAt(i + 1) != 'x' && i > eqn.indexOf("=")) { if (eqn.charAt(i - 1) == '-') { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = Integer.parseInt(x, 10); constant[k++] = n; } } else { String x = eqn.substring(i, i + 1); if (x != "+" && x != "-") { int n = -(Integer.parseInt(x, 10)); constant[k++] = n; } } i += 2; } } for (int i = 0; i < coeffx.length; i++) coeffSum += coeffx[i]; for (int i = 0; i < constant.length; i++) constSum += constant[i]; ans = constSum / coeffSum; System.out.println("Value of x = " + (-ans)); in.close(); } } /* Enter a linear equation 2x+5=4x+9 Value of x = -2.0