How to make a list of numbers to calculate the arithmetic mean of the remainder?
<p>I have a project about java which wants me from to writing a console program that reads in a list of number scores on one line, separated by spaces, discards the highest and lowest numbers, then calculates the arithmetic mean of the remainder.</p>

<p>I have problems about how to make a array-list of number to calculate he arithmetic mean.</p>

<p>These are the codes : </p>

<p>Actually these codes are working in Java Applet and Java Application but I can take the numbers with scanner method but I couldn't find a solving way to make a list for the numbers.</p>

<pre><code>public static void main(String[] args) {

    /*
     * For data input.
     */
    Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);

    /*
     * Declare an array to store the judge's scores.
     */
    double[] scores = new double[8];

    /*
     * Declare variables for lowest and highest scores.
     */
    double lowestScore = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    double highestScore = Integer.MIN_VALUE;

    /*
     * Read 7 judge's scores.
     */
    for (int i = 0; i &lt; 7; i++) {
        System.out.println(String.format("Judge Score #%d: ", i + 1));
        scores[i] = kb.nextDouble();

        /*
         * Compare the current score with the lowest and the highest scores.
         */
        if (scores[i] &lt; lowestScore) {
            lowestScore = scores[i];
        }
        if (scores[i] &gt; highestScore) {
            highestScore = scores[i];
        }
    }

    /*
     * Sum the scores, except the lowest and the highest scores.
     */
    double total = 0.00;
    for (int i = 0; i &lt; 7; i++) {
        if (scores[i] != lowestScore &amp;&amp; scores[i] != highestScore) {
            total = total + scores[i];
        }
    }

    /*
     * Display the output.
     */
    DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
    System.out.println("Total points received: " + df.format(total));
    System.out.println("Arithmetic Mean : " + df.format(total / 7));

}
</code></pre>

<p>Does anyone has another ideas about my question ?</p>
