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Thread: What am I missing?

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    Default What am I missing?

    Hey guys. I am trying to write a program that approximates certain values to a grade, but whenever I put a value below 4 I always get an output of A+. What's am I missing?

    public class Grade 
    {
    	private double grade;
     
    	public Grade (double g)
    	{
    		grade = g;
    	}
     
    	public void getNumericCode()
    	{
     
    		if (grade > 4)
    		{
    			System.out.println("You are smart, but not THAT smart!");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 4)
    		{
    			System.out.println("A +");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 3.8)
    		{
    			System.out.println("A");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 3.2)
    		{
    			System.out.println("A -");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 3)
    		{
    			System.out.println("B +");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 2.8)
    		{
    			System.out.println("B");
    		}
     
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 2.2)
    		{
    			System.out.println("B -");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 2)
    		{
    			System.out.println("C +");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 1.8)
    		{
    			System.out.println("C");
    		}
     
     
    		else if(grade <= 1.2)
    		{
    			System.out.println("C -");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 1)
    		{
    			System.out.println("D +");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 0.8)
    		{
    			System.out.println("D");
    		}
     
     
    		else if (grade <= 0.2)
    		{
    			System.out.println("D -");
    		}
     
    		else if (grade >= 0)
    		{
    			System.out.println("F");
    		}
     
    		else 
    		{
    			System.out.println("Not a valid grade.");
    		}
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: What am I missing?

    Hello jean28!

    You have in your code;
    else if (grade <= 4)
    		{
    			System.out.println("A +");
    		}
    So when you enter a grade that is less than or equal to 4 it prints A+. This is exactly what your code it is supposed to do.
    You should use intervals to accomplish what you want. For example, A+ will get a grade that is <= 4 AND > 3.8 (that's just an example you can make the intervals however you want.)

    Hope this helps.

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