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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Comparing Characters

Anusha Singh
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Anusha Singh
Courses Plus Student 22,106 Points
Posted by Anusha Singh
Anusha Singh
Courses Plus Student 22,106 Points

I can't understand this, can you help me?

The question is {"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'"} I couldn't understand what the question meant can anybody help??

ConferenceRegistrationAssistant.java 
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;

  }

}

3 Answers

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Basically you need to add an if statement that will check if the first letter in the variable lastName is between A - M if it is set line equal to 1 if the first letter in the variable is greater than 'M' than set line equal to 2, like this:

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) < 'N')
      line = 1;
    else
      line = 2;
    return line;
  }

}
Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points
Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

This question is asking you to write code to determine the line for attendees.

IF the first letter of their last name is a-m (less than n) then their line is 1. If their name is n-z (greater than m) then the line is 2. Once you determine a line then tell them what it is (return it).

Stephen Wall
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Stephen Wall
Courses Plus Student 27,294 Points
Stephen Wall
Stephen Wall
Courses Plus Student 27,294 Points 
public static int getLineFor(String lastName) {
        int line = 0; 
        if (lastName.charAt(0) <= 'M') {
            line = 1; 
        } else {
            line = 2; 
        }
        return line; 
    }