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Ernest Lin
2,691 PointsHow do you make it so line 1 will only contain last names A-M in order and the other letters in line 2?
How do you make it so line 1 will only contain last names A-M in order and the other letters in line 2? I'm stuck on this challenge.
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;
return line;
}
}
1 Answer
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 PointsFirst you need to get the first character from lastName, which can be done in the following way:
lastName.charAt(0)
You then need to compare this first character to see if it is before or equal to 'M', and this can be done using <=:
lastName.charAt(0) <= 'M'
if this statement is true, we set line = 1, otherwise we set line = 2. This can all be seen in the below code:
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.charAt(0) <= 'M') {
line = 1;
} else {
line = 2;
}
return line;
}