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Jonathan Cooper
11,938 PointsWhat's the proper answer to this challenge?
I have looked at another community answer, but can't figure it out.
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 >= 'M') {
line = 1 ;
} else (lastName =< 'M') {
line = 2;
return line;
}
}
3 Answers
Jonathan Cooper
11,938 PointsI have figured everything out thanks to another discussion.
Kristen Law
16,244 PointsHey Jonathan! See my response to your question here.
Edit: (putting my response here so I can answer your question more specifically)
Notice in the challenge description that it says chars can be compared using those comparison symbols. So you will want to use the charAt() method like I described here to get the first character of the lastName string for comparison, rather than comparing a string (lastName) to a char ('M'). You are correct in using an if-else statement, but you may want to look a little closer into your if condition comparison:
lastName >= 'M'
After you change this to use the charAt() method, will you be sending the correct people to line 1 here? Remember that 'A' is less than 'M', and you'll want to send people with last names between A thru M to line 1.
Also, one last thing to note is that you don't need to put a condition for your else statement. However, if you wanted to specify a condition, you would need to put else if (condition).
Hope this helps!
Jonathan Cooper
11,938 PointsI'm still not sure I follow.
Kristen Law
16,244 PointsCan you elaborate on which part you're confused about?
Jonathan Cooper
11,938 PointsI'm not sure where to put my charAt() method.