help with code

I personally tackle these challenges by thinking back 2-3 videos and remembering what we learned. I also try to envision what type of loops/decisions I would use.

1. (If the last name is between A thru M) I know they want an if statement
2. (send them to line 1) If the first letter is less than M then assign them line 1
3. (Otherwise send them to line 2) Else, I assign them to line 2

Now you have to decide how to write what goes in the if statement. For this, I would look at any variables they give me, including any that are in the method parameters like "lastName". Since they want me to see if the person's lastName starts with a letter I would do lastName.charAt(0). Now we need to see if the lastName is A thru M (which is easily done by seeing if it is less than N) so lastName.charAt(0) < 'N'.

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 the last name is between A thru M send them to line 1
    if (lastName.charAt(0) < 'N') {
      line = 1;
    } else { 
      //Otherwise send them to line 2
      line = 2;
    }

    return line;
  }
}