I think Spiderman is more into that WEB2.0 fad.

   - Oliver.

okay...hehe lets try this again here is my program in FULL (as it is a
very small and simple program i will give all the code in full)
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implementation file
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import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

class lengthOfWood
{
    public double length,leftOver;
    public int five,two,totalFive=0,totalTwo=0;
    public double extra,totalExtra=0;
    public String answer;

    DecimalFormat lengths = new DecimalFormat("0.0");
    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
    public void readInput()
    {

        System.out.println("Enter length of wood: ");
        length=keyboard.nextDouble();
    }

    public void writeOutput()
    {
        System.out.println("Inital Lengh of wood:         "+length+" m.");
        System.out.println("Number of 5 m. lengths:
    "+lengths.format(fiveCalc())+" m.");
        System.out.println("Number of 2 m.
lengths:        "+lengths.format(twoCalc())+" m.");
        System.out.println("Extra leftover wood:        "+lengths.format(extra())+"
m.");
    }

    public void writeTotals()
    {

        System.out.println("Would you like to see the current totals?");
        answer=keyboard.nextLine();

        if(answer.equalsIgnoreCase("y")){

            System.out.println("Total 5 m.
lengths:            "+lengths.format(getTotalFive())+" m.");
            System.out.println("Total 2 m.
lengths:            "+lengths.format(getTotalTwo())+" m.");
            System.out.println("Total leftover
lengths:        "+lengths.format(getTotalExtra())+" m.");}

        else{}
    }

    public int fiveCalc()
    {
        five = (int)length / 5;
        leftOver = length - (five*5);
        totalFive+=five;
        return five;

    }

    public int twoCalc()
    {
        two = (int)leftOver / 2;
        leftOver = leftOver - (two*2);
        totalTwo+=two;
        return two;
    }

    public double extra()
    {
        extra = leftOver;
        totalExtra+=extra;
        return extra;
    }

    public int getTotalFive()
    {
        return totalFive;
    }

    public int getTotalTwo()
    {
        return totalTwo;
    }

    public double getTotalExtra()
    {
        return totalExtra;
    }
}
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driver file
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import java.util.*;

class driver
{
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
        int trys,copyTrys=1;
        System.out.print("How many lengths of wood do you have?: ");
        trys = keyboard.nextInt();
        do{
        lengthOfWood i = new lengthOfWood();
        i.readInput();
        i.writeOutput();
        i.writeTotals();
        copyTrys++;}
        while(copyTrys!=(trys+1));
    }
}
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hopefully posting my entire program was not an overkill but based on
SSCCE...it needed to be compileable...and there was no way of easily
making my "problem"  compilable w/out possibly changing things that
would cause another problem or temporarily 'fix' the problem i have
now...so ya.....

round 3 DING DING

wow such great responces!!! thanks guys!!! As far as understanding the
Scanner class...i don't think that I will attempt to look at it right
now, as it might confuse me to a point of suicide...and that wouldn't
solve n e thing :-P But perhaps in a semester or 2 I'll be at that
level :) thanks again guys

-Kevin