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            //Menu Selection 3
            
            while (mainSelection == 3)
            {
                while (checking_assignments == true)
                {
                    System.out.println ("How many assignments are there? ");
                    Scanner numOfAssignmentsInput = new Scanner (System.in);
                    numOfAssignments = numOfAssignmentsInput.nextInt ();
                    if ((numOfAssignments) >= 6 || (numOfAssignments) <= 0)
                    {
                        System.out.println ("You have chosen too many assignments, choose a number between 1 and 5");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        checking_assignments = false;
                    }
                }

                //float[] marksArray3 = new float [numOfAssignments * numOfStudents + 1];  => set this at the top instead

                for (int q = 0 ; q < numOfAssignments ; q++) // start for at 1 so it doesnt do an extra assignment
                {
                    System.out.print ("Input what assignment " + (q + 1) + " is out of : ");
                    Scanner outOfInput = new Scanner (System.in);
                    outOf = outOfInput.nextInt ();

                    for (int p = 0 ; p < numOfStudents ; p++)
                    {
                        while (checking_input == true)
                        {
                            System.out.print ("Input the marks for Assignment " + (q + 1) + " for student " + (p + 1) + " :");
                            Scanner marksInput = new Scanner (System.in);
                            marks = marksInput.nextInt ();
                            if ((marks) > (outOf) || (marks) < 0)
                            {
                                System.out.println ("Invalid input, make sure the mark is LOWER than what it's out of");
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                total_3 = (float) marks / (float) outOf; //takes marks div by what its out of = a total % for that mark
                                marksArray3 [(q + 1) * numOfStudents - numOfStudents + p] = total_3; // this jumble makes the marks become "stacked" into single array "marksArray3"
                                checking_input = false;
                            }
                        }
                        checking_input = true;
                    }
                }
                for (int m = 0 ; m < numOfStudents ; m++) // the following two fors are to take all of the marks per student and solving their average
                {
                    for (int n = 0 ; n < numOfAssignments ; n++)
                    {
                        total [m] = (float) marksArray3 [n] + (float) total [m];
                    }
                    overall [m] = total [m] / numOfAssignments;
                }

                /*for (int t = 0 ; t < numOfAssignments * numOfStudents ; t++)
                {
                    System.out.println (marksArray3 [t]); //  outputs as %'age
                }*/
                mainSelection = 4; // forces program to go to #4 without choice
            }