Struggling need help

[acbar]

I have to make a calendar using arrays in java. however I don't know where to begin.


An event will be represented by a String.
A calendar will be represented by an array of 32 Strings, with the String at index d of the array representing the event, if any, for the date d. E.g., index 5 holds the event for the fifth of the month. Index 0 of the array will not be used. If there is no event recorded for a date, the corresponding element of the array will be null.
The method addEvent takes 3 arguments: a calendar (i.e., an array of strings), an event (i.e., a String), and a date (i.e., an int). If there is already an event scheduled for the date, addEvent does not change the array, and returns false. If there is no event scheduled for the date yet, addEvent stores the event in index date of the calendar array and returns true. If the date is erroneous, i.e. less than 1 or more that 31, addEvent just returns false.

[awinston]

I'm not sure if you are trying to create a functional calendar, or if you are just messing around with Java in order to learn (which is great, too!).

However, this doesn't sound like a good idea if you are trying to create a functional calendar:

An event will be represented by a String. If there is already an event scheduled for the date, addEvent does not change the array, and returns false.

I advise you to make an array of ArrayLists so that you can add as many "events" as possible. The ArrayLists could be of type String as you suggested, but you also should consider making an Event class that stores its name, time, priority, ect.

[DarrylBurke]

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