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Thread: Char to String - Gender method.

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    Default Char to String - Gender method.

    Hi, I am doing an assignment where I need to get the user to enter m or f in gender and return male.

    My assignment criteria requires me to have gender as a char and sex as a char. I get error after error and can't do anything. Not a very good programmer lol.

    here is my code:
     
    public class Person
    {
        // instance variables
        protected String name;
        protected char gender;
        protected Date dateOfBirth;
        protected String address;
        protected String natInsceNo;
     
        private static int counter;
     
        public static int count()
        {
            return counter;
        }
     
        /**
         * Constructor for objects of class Person
         */
        public Person(String nme, char sex, Date dob, String insceNumber)
        {
            // initialise instance variables
            name = nme;
            dateOfBirth = dob;
            gender = sex.charAt(0); 
            natInsceNo = insceNumber;
            counter = 0;
        }
     
        public Person(Person other)
        {
            counter++;
        }
     
        public void getGender(char sex)
        {
            if ("m".equalsIgnoreCase(gender))
               return "Male";
            else if ("f".equalsIgnorecCase(gender))
               return "Female";
            else
               return "Unknown Gender";
        }
     
        public void copy(Person other)
        {
            //creates another instance of Person
            name = other.name;
            gender = other.gender;
            dateOfBirth = other.dateOfBirth;
            natInsceNo = other.natInsceNo;
        }    
     
        public boolean equals(Person other)
        {
            //returns true if the name and national insurance number are the same as the values in other.
            return name.equals(other.name) && natInsceNo.equals(other.natInsceNo);
        }
    }
    Last edited by copeg; November 22nd, 2010 at 09:57 AM. Reason: Please use the code tags.


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    Default Re: Char to String - Gender method.

    For future reference, please flank your code with the [highlight=java][/highlight] tags, and please post any and all errors. For starters, your getGender method is attempting to return a value when the definition of the return value is void.

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    Default Re: Char to String - Gender method.

    What errors are you getting?

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    Default Re: Char to String - Gender method.

    Never mind guys, I figured it out. Turns out I had set Gender twice and turned out I didnt need the m or f if statement. Thanks anyways.

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    Default Re: Char to String - Gender method.

    I'm having exactly the same problem. How did you fix it?

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    Default Re: Char to String - Gender method.

    Please don't resurrect a thread that is two years old. Rather, please start your own thread and include all the necessary details.

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