Carey Brown

Pete Letkeman wrote:Is there a limitation as to how long a directory name can be according to Java?

Yes there is. At least, a pre-Win10 Windows operating system had a file name path of 4k characters. You're not anywhere close to that so you'll have to look elsewhere for the problem.

Tim Moores wrote:

unless we're talking about a fixed width font, which .txt files usually are.

That is a feature of the viewer application. The file itself -which is being created here- can't do anything about that.

The OP posted a screen snapshot of his file being displayed. In this case we're talking about fixed width.

Can you describe a case where an OS opens a .txt file with the default app that uses proportional font? That is, when you double click on the .txt file name.

Tim Moores wrote:Text files have no formatting. You could add spaces in front of the title to move it right, but whether that moves it exactly into the center depends on the font type, the font size, and the page size. It'll likely not come out the way you want it to, so you may be better off focusing on something else.

True, unless we're talking about a fixed width font, which .txt files usually are.

        do         {             System.out.println("Enter a description: ");             desc = sc.nextLine();             if( ! desc.equals("END") )                 writer.println(desc);         }while(!desc.equals("END")); --or--
        while( true )         {             System.out.println("Enter a description: ");             desc = sc.nextLine();             if( desc.equals("END") )                 break;             writer.println(desc);         }

The center of what? The longest line other than the title? Or the center of a predetermined page width, say 60? Or the center of the line immediately following title? What if the title is the longest line?

If you are familiar with ArrayList I would use that to temporarily hold all the lines (without printing them yet). Then you can loop through the list to find the length of the longest line. You can then loop through the lines again but this time print them using the longest length to center whatever other lines you want.

You could just pass in the name.
    public static void Goodbye( String name )     {         System.out.println("Ahh " + name + " nice to meet you");         System.out.println("Enjoy looking around the website");     }

For instance, according to the instructions, this
Lease firstObj = new Lease();should be
Lease firstObj = getData();per

Create a class named TestLease whose main() method declares four Lease
objects. Call a getData() method three times. Within the method, prompt a user
for values for each field for a Lease , and return a Lease object to the main()
method where it is assigned to one of main() ’s Lease objects.

Campbell Ritchie wrote:

Maurizio Gasparro wrote:. . . do: create fields: aptTenName; aptNum; monRent; terOfLease;

You are going to have to create fields with those names, even though I think they are poor names. They are difficult to read out and they do no t make it clear what they mean. Be sure to use exactly the spelling you have been given.

The requirements don't specify those names. In fact, they refer things like "apartment  number", which in Java camel-case should be "apartmentNumber".

--OR--
You could pass the local name variable as a parameter to the goodbye() method.

Note that method and variable names should begin with a lower case letter.

Where do you create getData()?
What is getData() supposed to do?
What, if anything, is getData() supposed to return?
What, if anything, does getData() need to be passed in as parameters?
At what point is getData() called?
Is getData() called more than once?
Where, if anywhere, is the returned value, if any, assigned from getData()?

Similar question for the showValues() method.

I agree with the above comments about verbosity. Perhaps this is a test to see if the student can follow instructions. This snippet of the instructions bother me because I would see something named "getData()" to be some form of getter. I might have named it inputLease() or createLease(). Regardless, the instructions can be followed as is. We can already see that if the OP continues on his current path that he'll end up with redundant input code. Making a getData() method would correct that.

Call a getData() method three times. Within the method, prompt a user for values for each field for a Lease , and return a Lease object to the main() method where it is assigned to one of main() ’s Lease objects.

    public String addPetFee()     {         double newRent = this.monRent + this.PET_FEE;         String petPolicy = explainPetPolicy() + PET_FEE;         return petPolicy;     }You are correct about newRent, the value gets thrown away. Your requirements don't say anything about returning a value.

You are missing a lot of what has been described in the second half of the requirements, specifically, the implementation of two methods and the calling of those methods.

In terms of graphics, they are more typically referred to as width and height.

Validate in constructor and throw an exception.

Ah, line 31 change made all the difference. I still had it as the OP's nextLine() vs your nextInt(). Thanks for the post.