Get the Average of Two Numbers in Java

Getting the Average of two numbers in Java is easy. Below is the function that calculates the average of two double numbers that are passed to it as parameters.

How to calculate the average of two numbers in Java?

public static double GetAvarage(double number1, double number2) {

  double sum, avarage;

  sum = number1 + number2;

  avarage = sum / 2;
  return avarage;

}

Now call this function from the main function:

public static void main(String[] args) {

  // Declare two numbers
  double num1, num2;

  // Initialize the two numebrs
  num1 = 12;
  num2 = 17;

  // Display the average
  System.out.println("The average is: " + GetAvarage(num1, num2));

}

Output

The average is: 14.5

Happy coding!

Asha S.

IT specialist Veteran