can I use an array?, how to create vertical lines?

[Nancy Bradley]

I have an assignment where I should write an abstract class which will be the base to calculate some points of a competition. The points will be assigned different depending on weather the person is a boy,girl,man or woman.
I have 2 boys, 3 women,2 girls and 2 men. I just type the number of item each one collected, but I was wondering if there is a better way of doing it, maybe with an array for each group? Can I have it in the test class,or has to be in each individual class?
Also I am suppose to create a table how can I get the vertical lines?
Thank you in advance for your help
Nancy B

public final class Girl extends Rewards
{
  // constructor for class Girl
  public Girl(String first, String last)
  {
    super(first, last);       // calls superclass constructor
  }
 
  // calculate total points
  public int calculate(int cans, int bksread, int lwork)
  {
    return cans + (bksread * 2) + lwork;
  }
}   // end class Girl

// java core packages
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
public class Testre
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    //Rewards rewards;       // superclass reference
    //String output = "";
 
    Rewards boy = new Boy("Jimmy", "Baker");
    Rewards woman = new Woman("Sally", "Ford");
    Rewards woman2 = new Woman("Mary", "Smith");
    Rewards woman3 = new Woman("Thelma", "Bolton");
    Rewards girl = new Girl("Eve", "Watson");
    Rewards girl2 = new Girl("Stella", " Muniz");
    Rewards man = new Man("Tommy", "Hudson");
    Rewards boy2 = new Boy("Jim", "Simpson");
    Rewards man2 = new Man("Martin", "Wayne");
    //output = rewards.calculate();
 
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" + 
        "________________________");
    System.out.println("name" + "\t\t" + "group" + "\t" + "cans collected" + "\t" + 
        "books read" + "\t" + "hours in the" + "\t" + "points");
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" + 
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(boy.toString() + "\t" + "boy" + "\t" + "45" + "\t\t" + "5" + 
        "\t\t" + "21" + "\t\t" + boy.calculate(45, 5, 21));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(woman.toString() + "\t" + "woman" + "\t" + "23" + "\t\t" + 
        "7" + "\t\t" + "34" + "\t\t" + woman.calculate(23, 7, 34));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(woman2.toString() + "\t" + "woman" + "\t" + "30" + "\t\t" + 
        "12" + "\t\t" + "12" + "\t\t" + woman.calculate(30, 12, 12));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(woman3.toString() + "\t" + "woman" + "\t" + "15" + "\t\t" + 
        "8" + "\t\t" + "2" + "\t\t" + woman.calculate(15, 8, 2));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(girl.toString() + "\t" + "girl" + "\t" + "32" + "\t\t" + 
        "11" + "\t\t" + "34" + "\t\t" + girl.calculate(32, 11, 34));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(girl2.toString() + "\t" + "girl" + "\t" + "49" + "\t\t" + 
        "9" + "\t\t" + "19" + "\t\t" + girl.calculate(49, 9, 19));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(man.toString() + "\t" + "man" + "\t" + "5" + "\t\t" + "1" + 
        "\t\t" + "11" + "\t\t" + man.calculate(5, 1, 11));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(boy2.toString() + "\t" + "boy" + "\t" + "6" + "\t\t" + 
        "4" + "\t\t" + "14" + "\t\t" + boy.calculate(6, 4, 14));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
    System.out.println(man2.toString() + "\t" + "man" + "\t" + "17" + "\t\t" + 
        "8" + "\t\t" + "4" + "\t\t" + man.calculate(17, 8, 4));
    System.out.println("_______________________________________________________" +
        "________________________");
  }
}  

[ edited to break really long lines and to remove the evil tab character -ds ]
[ April 19, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Nigel Browne]

Also I am suppose to create a table how can I get the vertical lines?

Have a look at JTable in Thw Swing Tutorial

public final class Girl extends Rewards   
{
// constructor for class Girl
public Girl(String first, String last)
{
super (first, last);       // calls superclass constructor
}
// calculate total points
public int calculate(int cans, int bksread, int lwork)
{
return cans + (bksread*2)+ lwork;
}
}   // end class Girl

Think about think the above code the extends keyword denotes an "is a" relationship. I find it difficult to think of people as rewards. A man, boy, woman and girl are all types of Person. A Person would have a name, sex, age e.t.c
The implements keyword denotes a "has a" relationship, therefore a person could have a reward for completing a task. For me that means an interface for the reward system.
Keep asking questions and I'm sure you will find the answer here.
Regards
Nigel

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Also I am suppose to create a table how can I get the vertical lines?
For console output, you could make use of the | character. And the + character might work well for places where a vertical line meets a horizontal line.

[Nancy Bradley]

I think I got the table going.
Thanks a lot
Nancy B