sign finder

[iPetey]

i'm having trouble trying to figure out how i should implement code. i have an assignment for school and i seemed to have figured out 2/3 of it. the last part is to make a program that would allow a user to input their birthday and it would display the persons astrological sign. i am stuck on how i could do this in java. im thinking an arraylist would be ideal, and i would search it, but i'm still stuck. does anyone have an idea on how i could approach this? thank you in advance for your thoughs/opinions.

[angryboy]

western(Aries,Taurus,...) or eastern(chick, pig, dog, ...) ?

[OrangeDog]

Surely just a 12-case if statement? Use an enum to represent the possible results.

[iPetey]

western! orange dog, i am using scanner class and it will ask the user what their bday is and then display it if that makes any difference. im not sure how i could use case if for that because of the difference in dates.

[OrangeDog]

Use DateFormat to parse the date and return which day of the year it is. Then

if (day > 355 || day < 21) sign = CAPRICORN;
else if (day < 51) sign = AQUARIUS;
...etc

[iPetey]

guess i'm retarded but i still can't figure it out. thanks anyway guys

[Fubarable]

You would do well to post your attempt here along with any error messages, and an indication about which lines are causing the errors (if any) so we can see what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong.