Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

4.7 Student Class: Nested if...else Statements

The example of Figs. 4.4–4.5 demonstrates a nested if...else statement that determines a student’s letter grade based on the student’s average in a course.

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 1   // Fig. 4.4: Student.java 2   // Student class that stores a student name and average. 3   public class Student 4   { 5      private String name; 6      private double average; 7  8      // constructor initializes instance variables 9      public Student(String name, double average)10      {11         this.name = name;12 13         // validate that average is > 0.0 and <= 100.0; otherwise,14         // keep instance variable average's default value (0.0)15         if (average > 0.0)                                           ...