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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Validation

Mallikarjuna A S
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Mallikarjuna A S
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Validation Objective Test

public class TeacherAssistant {

  public static String validatedFieldName(String fieldName) {
    // These things should be verified:
    // 1.  Member fields must start with an 'm'
    // 2.  The second letter in the field name must be uppercased to ensure camel-casing
    // NOTE:  To check if something is not equal use the != symbol. eg: 3 != 4
// Convert String to Character of Array  
  char[] charArray = fieldName.toCharArray();
    //Compare two Character where if value matches it return 0 or value charArray[0] is less than m then it returns -1 and charArray[0] is greater than m it returns 1
 int firstField = Character.valueOf(charArray[0]).compareTo('m');
//First Letter Validation
    if ( firstField != 0) {        
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument");
    }
//Second Letter Validation
    if (Character.isLowerCase(charArray[1])){
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument");
    }
    return fieldName;
  }

}

When I try to Check the Work to Pass the Code Challenge " I am getting Following Error "m_first_name has to failed but it is passed"

3 Answers

Mallikarjuna A S
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I have solved it

char[] charArray = fieldName.toCharArray();
 //Compare two Character where if value matches it return 0 or value charArray[0] is less than m then it returns -1 and charArray[0] is greater than m it returns 1 
char letter1   = charArray[0];
char letter2  = charArray[1];

//First Letter Validation
 if ( firstField.indexOf(letter1) != 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument"); 
}
 //Second Letter Validation 
if (!Character.isUpperCase(letter2)){
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument"); 
} 
return fieldName; }

Your code is perfect except a small mistake i.e., fieldName instead of firstField

char[] charArray = fieldName.toCharArray();
 //Compare two Character where if value matches it return 0 or value charArray[0] is less than m then it returns -1 and charArray[0] is greater than m it returns 1 
char letter1   = charArray[0];
char letter2  = charArray[1];

//First Letter Validation
 if ( fieldName.indexOf(letter1) != 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument"); 
}
 //Second Letter Validation 
if (!Character.isUpperCase(letter2)){
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Argument"); 
} 
return fieldName; }```
John Paige
John Paige
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 public class TeacherAssistant {

  public static String validatedFieldName(String fieldName) {
    // These things should be verified:
    // 1.  Member fields must start with an 'm'
    // 2.  The second letter in the field name must be uppercased to ensure camel-casing
    // NOTE:  To check if something is not equal use the != symbol. eg: 3 != 4
    char[] charArray = fieldName.toCharArray();
    char letter1 = charArray[1];
    if (fieldName.charAt(0) != 'm' || !Character.isUpperCase(letter1)) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid fieldName");
    }
    return fieldName;
  }

} 

The passing code I came up with. I did learn the "char[] charArray" syntax from this thread. Thank you, Mallikarjuna A S and Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay for the contributions. The part I got stuck on was figuring out how to isolate the first character (after 'm') for an upper/lowercase comparison.

You are welcome John Paige, hope you have solved your problem.