Create an electronic vote counter. Each candidate in the election will be identified simply by a number (1, 2, 3...). As input, the user should be able to enter the number of votes each candidate received. The output will consist of:
- The total number of votes cast in the election
- The average number of votes received by candidates
- The number of candidates who received more than the average number of votes
- A table showing, for each candidate, the candidate's number, the number of
votes received, and percentage of the total votes received
- The winner of the election and number of votes received by the
winner
- The runner-up in the election and number of votes received by the
runner-up
Some additional requirements:
- The maximum number of candidates in this election is ten, and the
minimum is two. Use one of the techniques discussed in class for obtaining a variable number of input values from the user (a sentinel value, or prompting the user to enter the number of candidates first).
- You should validate all input appropriately.
- The table must be printed by a separate method, which has at least one parameter that is an array. Make use of other methods as
appropriate (i.e., performing repeated tasks).
- The percentage of the total vote should be rounded to two decimal places and be followed with a percent
sign (e.g., 34.59%, 75.1%, etc.). You can accomplish this with a DecimalFormat object (LL p. 90).
- Ignore the possibility of ties.
- I will not give you an algorithm for determining the runner-up; you
must solve that problem on your own.
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