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Java Java Objects Creating the MVP Conference Registration Assistant

Christopher Sullivan
Christopher Sullivan
4,230 Points

Fix the getLineNumberFor method to return a 1 if the first character of lastName is between A and M or else return 2 if.

I am trying to figure out how to go about this. I am stuck unfortunately on this task. I have rewatched the video but cannot seem to figure out how to make this work. Can someone walk me thru how this works?

ConferenceRegistrationAssistant.java

public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {

public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) { int lineNumber = 0; } char lastNameFirstChar = lastName.charAt(0); if (lastNameFirstChar >= 'A' && lastNameFirstChar <= 'M') { lineNumber = 1; } else { lineNumber = 2; } return lineNumber; }

ConferenceRegistrationAssistant.java
public class ConferenceRegistrationAssistant {

  /**
   * Assists in guiding people to the proper line based on their last name.
   *
   * @param lastName The person's last name
   * @return The line number based on the first letter of lastName
   */
  public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) {
    int lineNumber = 0;
    /*
      lineNumber should be set based on the first character of the person's last name
      Line 1 - A thru M
      Line 2 - N thru Z

     */
    return lineNumber;
  }

}
Example.java
public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    /*
      IMPORTANT:  You can compare characters using <, >. <=, >= and == just like numbers
     */
    if ('C' < 'D') {
      System.out.println("C comes before D");
    }

    if ('B' > 'A') {
      System.out.println("B comes after A");
    }

    if ('E' >= 'E') {
      System.out.println("E is equal to or comes after E");
    }

    // This code is here for demonstration purposes only...
    ConferenceRegistrationAssistant assistant = new ConferenceRegistrationAssistant();
    /*
      Remember that there are 2 lines.
      Line #1 is for A-M
      Line #2 is for N-Z
     */
    int lineNumber = 0;
    /*
      This should set lineNumber to 2 because
      The last name is Zimmerman which starts with a Z.
      Therefore it is between N-Z
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Zimmerman");

    /*
      This method call should set lineNumber to 1, because 'A' from "Anderson" is between A-M.
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Anderson");

    /*
      Likewise Charlie Brown's 'B' is between 'A' and 'M', so lineNumber should be set to 1
     */
    lineNumber = assistant.getLineNumberFor("Brown");
  }

}
Jan Willmann
Jan Willmann
4,387 Points

It looks like you closed the method after initializing int lineNumer.

public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) { int lineNumber = 0; } char lastNameFirstChar = lastName.charAt(0);

Christopher Sullivan
Christopher Sullivan
4,230 Points

Isn't that what you are supposed to do after creating a method? Put the "{}" to show what will be done?

Jan Willmann
Jan Willmann
4,387 Points

Yes, but you closed "too early"

public int getLineNumberFor(String lastName) { 
int lineNumber = 0; } // Your method ends here
char lastNameFirstChar = lastName.charAt(0); 
if (lastNameFirstChar >= 'A' && lastNameFirstChar <= 'M') 
{ lineNumber = 1; } else { lineNumber = 2; } return lineNumber; }