Help with writing code in a different way ( If with and "&")

Hello,
I am trying to change this code in another way (Don't worry , its not a homework question)
In particular I would like to split upi the "&" or get rid of it some how
Any suggetions?

Thanks
Rob

Hi Rob!
I'm not sure I understand the question. Why are you trying to get rid of the ampersand? Are you trying to avoid calling the getInt() method twice? If so, use a temporary variable.
Also, the single ampersand is a bitwise AND operator; you should use the double ampersand (&&) to logically AND together two boolean expressions. Anyway, depending on what you are trying to do, you could do the following:

However, this is a problem because "i" really can't be both less than zero and greater than 255 at the same time, so I think we may be missing something here. How about a little more detail on what you are trying to accomplish?
Joe

Hey Joe!!
I was just curious if there was another way of writing it - I saw a classmate's code and it looks every bit like mine... we do have explicit instructions but....
I can see what you mean though
How are you doing?
Rob

I'm doing great, Rob, thanks for asking! Good luck on your assignment.
Joe

Yes, you can turn this around a bit:

I generally only trust this in my head if I know input1 is not null. Cause if a null slips by the first test it will cause a null pointer exception in the second. As mentioned above you are calling getInt() twice, which is common enough but still offensive to some.