Question

I was presented with this problem:

Create a Java class MonthNames with a single static method getMonthName which Takes a single integer corresponding to a month of the year, 1 representing January through 12 representing December, and Returns a string for the name of the month.

This is what I have so far

public class MonthNames {

   public static String getMonthName (int numMonth) {

       return "month"; }

       public static void main (String [] args) {

           System.out.println ("begin tests");

          

           System.out.println ("Enter Month 1");

           System.out.println ("Expect: January");

           System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (1));

          

           System.out.println ("Enter Month 6");

           System.out.println ("Expect: June");

           System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (6));

          

           System.out.println ("Enter Month 12");

           System.out.println ("Expect: December");

           System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (12));

          

           System.out.println ("End tests");

          

           if(numMonth = 1) { System.out.println("January"); }

           else(numMonth = 2) { System.out.println("February"); }

           else(numMonth = 3) { System.out.println("March"); }

           else(numMonth = 4) { System.out.println("April"); }

           else(numMonth = 5) { System.out.println("May"); }

           else(numMonth = 6) { System.out.println("June"); }

           else(numMonth = 7) { System.out.println("July"); }

           else(numMonth = 8) { System.out.println("August"); }

           else(numMonth = 9) { System.out.println("September"); }

           else(numMonth = 10) { System.out.println("October"); }

           else(numMonth = 11) { System.out.println("November"); }

           else(numMonth = 12) { System.out.println("December"); }

           else {System.out.println("Not a month"); }

What else do i need to do to this code in order to make it work? (JAVA)

Answer 1

public class MonthNames {
    public static String getMonthName(int numMonth) {
        if (numMonth == 1) {
            return "January";
        } else if (numMonth == 2) {
            return "February";
        } else if (numMonth == 3) {
            return "March";
        } else if (numMonth == 4) {
            return "April";
        } else if (numMonth == 5) {
            return "May";
        } else if (numMonth == 6) {
            return "June";
        } else if (numMonth == 7) {
            return "July";
        } else if (numMonth == 8) {
            return "August";
        } else if (numMonth == 9) {
            return "September";
        } else if (numMonth == 10) {
            return "October";
        } else if (numMonth == 11) {
            return "November";
        } else if (numMonth == 12) {
            return "December";
        } else {
            return "Not a month";
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println ("begin tests");

        System.out.println ("Enter Month 1");
        System.out.println ("Expect: January");
        System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (1));

        System.out.println ("Enter Month 6");
        System.out.println ("Expect: June");
        System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (6));

        System.out.println ("Enter Month 12");
        System.out.println ("Expect: December");
        System.out.println ("Actual: " + getMonthName (12));

        System.out.println ("End tests");

    }
}