if/else statement in character type

Question

I am suppose to write a program that will input a year code from 1 to 4 and output year level.

Note: Using if...else statement and year code is in character type. (if Array is better to use, I am not allowed to use array since this is in the conditional control structures. And after doing that, how can I write this program using switch....case statement?

How can I declare char and get input from the user?

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;

public class CharStatement {

    public static void main(String[] a) {

    char userInput = new char;
    Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("Enter year code: ");  
    System.out.println("");

    if (char == 1) {
    System.out.println("First Year");
    System.out.println("Freshmen");     
    }
    else if ( char == 2) {
        System.out.println("Second Year");
        System.out.println("Sophomore");            
    }
    else if (char == 3) {
        System.out.println("Third Year");
        System.out.println("Junior");   
    }
    else if (char == 4) {
        System.out.println("Fourth Year");
        System.out.println("Senior");   
    }
    else {
        System.out.println("Invalid");
    }

}

Answer 1

used this it works. ^_^ see the difference

import java.util.Scanner;

public class GradedExercise34
{
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
         Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
         System.out.print("Enter year code: ");
         char in=keyboard.next( ).charAt(0);
         System.out.println("");

         if (in == '1')
         {
             System.out.println("First Year");
             System.out.println("Freshmen");
         }

         else if ( in == '2')
         {
             System.out.println("Second Year");
             System.out.println("Sophomore");
         }

         else if (in == '3')
         {
             System.out.println("Third Year");
             System.out.println("Junior");
         }

         else if (in == '4')
         {
             System.out.println("Fourth Year");
             System.out.println("Senior");
         }

         else
         {
             System.out.println("Invalid");
         }
    }
}

Answer 2

1. If you are taking input like numbers then use integer type instead of char type.
2. You have created the object of the scanner class but you forgot to take the user input from the keyboard.
3. You can't use char as a variable name as it's a keyword.

So, the modified code using if-else :

    import java.util.Scanner;

    public class IfStmt 
    {
         public static void main(String[] args) 
         {
             Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
             System.out.print("Enter year code: ");  
             int year=keyboard.nextInt();
             System.out.println("");

             if (year == 1) 
             {
                 System.out.println("First Year");
                 System.out.println("Freshmen");     
             }

             else if ( year == 2) 
             {
                 System.out.println("Second Year");
                 System.out.println("Sophomore");            
             }

             else if (year == 3) 
             {
                 System.out.println("Third Year");
                 System.out.println("Junior");   
             }

             else if (year == 4) 
             {
                 System.out.println("Fourth Year");
                 System.out.println("Senior");   
             }

             else 
             {
                 System.out.println("Invalid");
             }
        }
    }

Modified code using switch case :

import java.util.Scanner;

public class SwitchStmt 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter year code: ");  
        int year=keyboard.nextInt();
        System.out.println("");

        switch(year)
        {
            case 1:
                System.out.println("First Year");
                System.out.println("Freshmen");
                break;

            case 2:
                System.out.println("Second Year");
                System.out.println("Sophomore");
                break;

            case 3:
                System.out.println("Third Year");
                System.out.println("Junior");
                break;

            case 4:
                System.out.println("Fourth Year");
                System.out.println("Senior");
                break;

            default:
                System.out.println("Invalid");
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

Accepting a single character in java is a little messy. Have a look at this for more on this.

You can do the same thing using an int as shown below as a modification in your code,

System.out.println("");
int choice  = keyboard.nextInt()   // accepts an integer from the user
if (choice == 1) {                 // check if the given input is equal to 1
    System.out.println("First Year");
    System.out.println("Freshmen");     
}

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Also, you can't name a variable as char in Java because it is a keyword.