// File   : intro-dialog/KmToMilesMethod.java
// Purpose: Convert kilometers to miles using a method.  JOptionPane IO.
// Author : Michael Maus
// Date   : 28 Oct 2004

import javax.swing.*;

public class KmToMilesMethod {

    //================================================================= main
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //... Local variables
        String kmStr;    // String km before conversion to double.
        double km;       // Number of kilometers.
        double mi;       // Number of miles.

        //... Input
        kmStr = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter kilometers.");
        km = Double.parseDouble(kmStr);

        //... Computation
        mi = convertKmToMi(km);                                     //Note 1

        //... Output
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, km + " kilometers is "
                                          + mi + " miles.");
    }

    //========================================================= convertKmToMi
    public static double convertKmToMi(double kilometers) {
        // Assume there are 0.621 miles in a kilometer.
        double miles = kilometers * 0.621;
        return miles;
    }
}