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Lab8Solution

Broken Code: Produces "D" for any score >= 60

public class Lab8 {
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		System.out.println("A score of 95 yields the letter grade " + score2grade(95));
		System.out.println("A score of 85 yields the letter grade " + score2grade(85));
		System.out.println("A score of 75 yields the letter grade " + score2grade(75));
		System.out.println("A score of 65 yields the letter grade " + score2grade(65));
		System.out.println("A score of 55 yields the letter grade " + score2grade(55));
	}

	public static String score2grade(int score) 
	{
		String grade = "";//We set default value to the empty string

		if (score >= 90){
		    grade = "A";
		}
		if (score >= 80){
		    grade = "B";
		}
		if (score >= 70){
		   grade = "C";
		}
		if (score >= 60){
		    grade = "D";
		}
		if (score < 60){
		    grade = "F";
		}

		return grade;
	}
}

Solution 1: Add elses to the if statements

	public static String score2grade(int score) 
	{
		String grade = "";//We set default value to the empty string

		if (score >= 90){
		    grade = "A";
		}
		else if (score >= 80){
		    grade = "B";
		}
		else if (score >= 70){
		   grade = "C";
		}
		else if (score >= 60){
		    grade = "D";
		}
		else if (score < 60){
		    grade = "F";
		}

		return grade;
	}

Solution 2: Reverse order of the if statements

	public static String score2grade(int score) 
	{
		String grade = "";//We set default value to the empty string

		if (score < 60){
		    grade = "F";
		}
		if (score >= 60){
		    grade = "D";
		}
		if (score >= 70){
		   grade = "C";
		}
		if (score >= 80){
		    grade = "B";
		}
		if (score >= 90){
		    grade = "A";
		}

		return grade;
	}

Solution 3: Return inside the if statements

	public static String score2grade(int score) 
	{
		String grade = "";//We set default value to the empty string

		if (score >= 90){
		   grade = "A";
		   return grade;
		}
		if (score >= 80){
		   grade = "B";
		   return grade;
		}
		if (score >= 70){
		   grade = "C";
		   return grade;
		}
		if (score >= 60){
		   grade = "D";
		   return grade;
		}
		if (score < 60){
		   grade = "F";
		   return grade;
		}	
		return grade;
	}

Solution 4: Give the if statements stricter conditions

	public static String score2grade(int score) 
	{
		String grade = "";//We set default value to the empty string

		if (score >= 90){
		    grade = "A";
		}
		if (score >= 80 && score < 90){
		    grade = "B";
		}
		if (score >= 70 && score < 80){
		   grade = "C";
		}
		if (score >= 60 && score < 70){
		    grade = "D";
		}
		if (score < 60){
		    grade = "F";
		}

		return grade;
	}