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Dylan Carter
4,780 Pointshelp with my code for "creating characters" challenge
this is my code, its not getting any syntax errors but its still saying its not right, any help?
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant { private int lineOne; private int lineTwo;
public int getLineFor(String lastName) {
lineOne = 1;
lineTwo = 2;
if (lastName.charAt(0) >= 'M') {
return lineOne;
} else
return lineTwo;
}
}
1 Answer
Marc Schultz
23,356 PointsYour code:
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {
private int lineOne; // don't use global variables for this purpose
private int lineTwo;
public int getLineFor(String lastName) {
lineOne = 1;
lineTwo = 2;
if (lastName.charAt(0) >= 'M') { // why >= ?
return lineOne; // this should be line 2
} else // rounded bracket is missing
return lineTwo; // this should be line 1
}
// rounded bracket is missing again
}
The solution:
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;
if (lastName.charAt(0) > 'M') {
line = 2;
} else {
line = 1;
}
return line;
}
}
Dylan Carter
4,780 PointsDylan Carter
4,780 Pointsthank you I ended up figuring it they just wanted line as the variable and to change its value I thought they meant two variables for each line. and I also fixed my syntax issues. and I made it < m instead of > which would explain my variables
but with > (or <) than m, what if the char was M? that's why I was using =<