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Theodor Fahami
1,034 PointsHelp TreeHouse Challenge, char and indexOf
This is my task:
I have modeled an assistant for a tech conference. Since there are so many attendees, registration is broken up into two lines. Lines are determined by last name, and they will end up in line 1 or line 2. Please help me fix the getLineFor method.
NEW INFO: chars can be compared using the > and < symbols. For instance 'B' > 'A' and 'R' < 'Z'
This is the pre-writen code:
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {
public int getLineFor(String lastName) { /* If the last name is between A thru M send them to line 1 Otherwise send them to line 2 */ int line = 0; return line; }
}
I do not understand how i am supposed to do this! Please help me understand how i can complete this challenge.
2 Answers
Unsubscribed User
427 PointsIn this challenge you are asked to :
- check what is the first letter of lastName ;
- see if this letter is between A and M or N and Z ;
- if the this letter is between A and M set line to 1 ;
- else set line to 2.
Try to solve this challenge with these explanations but if it is too confusing here's the solution with explanations :
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {
public int getLineFor(String lastName) {
//This is the variable line which must be equal to 1 or 2 according to the first letter of the variable lastName.
int line = 0;
//This is the if statement which checks if the first letter of lastName comes before N to see if this letter is between A and M.
if (lastName.charAt(0)<'N') {
//If this is the case the variable line is set to 1 because the first letter of the variable lastName is between A and M.
line=1;
}
//If this is not the case we can deduce that the first letter of the lastName variable is between N and Z.
else {
//So we define the variable line to 2.
line=2;
}
//We finally return the variable line returning 1 or 2.
return line;
}
}
Ralph Mowers
5,778 PointsThank you for help. The code works.