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278 PointsDon't know the solution for this
Can you tell me the solution to this challenge, please?
public class Order {
private String itemName;
private int priceInCents;
private String discountCode;
public Order(String itemName, int priceInCents) {
this.itemName = itemName;
this.priceInCents = priceInCents;
}
public String getItemName() {
return itemName;
}
public int getPriceInCents() {
return priceInCents;
}
public String getDiscountCode() {
return discountCode;
}
public void applyDiscountCode(String discountCode) {
this.discountCode = normalizeDiscountCode(discountCode);
}
private String normalizeDiscountCode(String discountCode)
{
if(validateDiscountCode(discountCode))
discountCode= discountCode.toUpperCase();
return discountCode;
}
public boolean validateDiscountCode(String discountCode)
{
boolean validate = false;
for(int i=0;i<discountCode.length();i++)
{
char letter = discountCode.charAt(i);
if(Character.isLetter(letter))
validate = true;
if(!validate)
{
if (letter=='$')
validate=true;
}
}
if(validate==false)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid discount code");
return validate;
}
}
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// This is here just for example use cases.
Order order = new Order(
"Yoda PEZ Dispenser",
600);
// These are valid. They are letters and the $ character only
order.applyDiscountCode("abc");
order.getDiscountCode(); // ABC
order.applyDiscountCode("$ale");
order.getDiscountCode(); // $ALE
try {
// This will throw an exception because it contains numbers
order.applyDiscountCode("ABC123");
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println(iae.getMessage()); // Prints "Invalid discount code"
}
try {
// This will throw as well, because it contains a symbol.
order.applyDiscountCode("w@w");
}catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
System.out.println(iae.getMessage()); // Prints "Invalid discount code"
}
}
}
1 Answer
Mihai Craciun
13,520 PointsThe way I solved it is to use the String.toCharArray() to go through every character in the code and to check if there are not characters that are not letters and if there are check if the character is not actually the '$' sign.
private String normalizeDiscountCode(String discountCode) {
for(char c : discountCode.toCharArray()) {
if(!Character.isLetter(c) && c != '$' ){
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid discount code");
}
}
return discountCode.toUpperCase();
}