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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Kyle Whitmore
Kyle Whitmore
4,999 Points
Posted by Kyle Whitmore
Kyle Whitmore
4,999 Points

For the following objective...

Can someone explain to me why the following code returns a value of 2 instead of one?

public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) { int lineNumber = 0; int first = 1; int second = 2; String line1 = "abcdefghijklm"; char letter = lastName.charAt(0); boolean half = line1.indexOf(letter) != -1; if (half) { lineNumber = first; } else { lineNumber = second; } return lineNumber } }

1 Answer

Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points
Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points

You can use the > and < sign on characters, which is what the task want you to do.