/* * A trivial example, using just arithmetic and System.out terminal output. */ public class EExample { public static String work() { int i; double sum, sumwas, term; sum = 1; sumwas = 0; term = 1; i = 1; while(sum != sumwas) { term /= i; sumwas = sum; sum += term; i++; } return ( "e is about " + sum + " after adding " + (i-1) + " terms." ); } // This classname.main( String [] ) method is used if we're // invoked as a stand-alone program (rather than an applet), // as with: // java EE0 public static void main( String args[] ) { System.out.println( work() ); } }