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Java

Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
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Posted by Andy Stevens
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Andy Stevens
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,417 Points

What's wrong with my logic?

Hi,

I have written a method that takes 3 parameters, Gender, Age and weight. Depending on this arguments passed in the code will calculate the users basal metabolic rate.

However, I keep getting the output for a female who is 17 or under. I'm not entirely sure were I'm going wrong and could use some guidance.

  public class BasalMetabolicRate {
  private double Pal;
  private int Weight;
  private int Age;
  private String Gender;

public double getBasalRate(String Gender, int Age, int Weight) {
    this.Age = Age;
    this.Weight = Weight;
    this.Gender = Gender;
    double Bmr = 0;
    if ((Age <= 17) && (Gender.equals("male".toUpperCase()))) {
        Bmr = (17.7 * Weight + 657);
    } else {
        Bmr = (13.4 * Weight + 692);
    }
    return Bmr;
}

}

1 Answer

Mei Lee
Mei Lee
3,339 Points

The toUpperCase method is applied to the String literal "male" instead of the variable Gender. Also, should use toLowerCase instead of toUpperCase method since "male" is all lowercases.