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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Conference Registration Assistant

aden ajayi
aden ajayi
552 Points

how to fix the get line number? not sure how to go from here.

public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {

  /**
   * Assists in guiding people to the proper line based on their last name.
   *
   * @param lastName The person's last name
   * @return The line number based on the first letter of lastName
   */



  public int getLineNumberFor(String 'tiger'); {

    if (lastNameFirstChar) ('A' <= 'M'); {
      lineNumber = 1;
      {
     else (lastNameFirstChar) ('N' <= 'Z'); {
      lineNumber = 2;

     }



    /*
      lineNumber should be set based on the first character of the person's last name
      Line 1 - A thru M
      Line 2 - N thru Z

     */
    return lineNumber;
  }

}
ConferenceRegistrationAssistant.java
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {

  /**
   * Assists in guiding people to the proper line based on their last name.
   *
   * @param lastName The person's last name
   * @return The line number based on the first letter of lastName
   */



  public int getLineNumberFor(String 'tiger'); {

    if (lastNameFirstChar) ('A' <= 'M'); {
      lineNumber = 1;
      {
     else (lastNameFirstChar) ('N' <= 'Z'); {
      lineNumber = 2;

     }



    /*
      lineNumber should be set based on the first character of the person's last name
      Line 1 - A thru M
      Line 2 - N thru Z

     */
    return lineNumber;
  }

}
Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    /*
      IMPORTANT:  You can compare characters using <, >. <=, >= and == just like numbers
     */
    if ('C' < 'D') {
      System.out.println("C comes before D");
    }

    if ('B' > 'A') {
      System.out.println("B comes after A");
    }

    if ('E' >= 'E') {
      System.out.println("E is equal to or comes after E");
    }

    // This code is here for demonstration purposes only...
    ConferenceRegistrationAssistant assistant = new ConferenceRegistrationAssistant();
    /*
      Remember that there are 2 lines.
      Line #1 is for A-M
      Line #2 is for N-Z
     */
    int lineNumber = 0;
    /*
      This should set lineNumber to 2 because
      The last name is Zimmerman which starts with a Z.
      Therefore it is between N-Z
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Zimmerman");

    /*
      This method call should set lineNumber to 1, because 'A' from "Anderson" is between A-M.
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Anderson");

    /*
      Likewise Charlie Brown's 'B' is between 'A' and 'M', so lineNumber should be set to 1
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Brown");
  }

}

1 Answer

Juraj Sallai
Juraj Sallai
7,188 Points

Hi Aden,

Firstly, you cannot pass argument to the method like this:

  public int getLineNumberFor(String 'tiger'); {

Argument needs to be the name of variable, not the value. Variable was String lastName, you should not change this. Also method header is not followed by semicolon ;

Once you have defined method header, you need to find first letter of String lastName. You can do this by using chatAt() method. As you may know from Craig's video, first character in String is on position zero.

When you have first character, all you need is two IF conditions (or IF and ELSE IF). First you check if character is bigger (or equal) than 'A' and smaller (or equal) than 'M'. In second condition you check if character is bigger (or equal) to 'N' and smaller or equal to 'Z'.

If something is not clear, let me know. Keep up!