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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Conference Registration Assistant

Ankit Nandi
Ankit Nandi
750 Points

Fix the getLineNumberFor method to return a 1 if the first character of lastName is between A and M or else return 2

if it is between N and Z.

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 lastName) {
    int lineNumber = 0;
    boolean isadded = lastName.charAt(0) ;
    if(isadded >= 'A' && isadded <= 'M'){
      lineNumber=1 ;
    }
    else{
      lineNumber = 2 ;
    }
    return lineNumber;
    /*
      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

     */

  }

}
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");
  }

}

3 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

char isadded = lastName.charAt(0) ;

An important hint is given in the Example.java file: you can compare characters using < (less than) and similar operators. When you do so, using the < operator returns true when the character preceding the sign comes before that after the sign in the alphabet. Other operators behave analogously. Here's the code snippet from how I did it:

  public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) {
    int lineNumber = 0;
    /*
      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

     */
    if (lastName.charAt(0) <= 'M') {
        lineNumber = 1;
    } else {
        lineNumber = 2;
    }
    return lineNumber;
  }
DUC CHANH NGUYEN
DUC CHANH NGUYEN
3,448 Points

I think, we can do it simply by using lastName.charAt(0)=='...'. Of course, we do it with IF-statement.

I have done this task by using the IF statement: If(lastName.charAt(0)=='A' || lastName.charAt(0)=='B' ||.... It worked.

But does anyone have better ideas?