Question

I am trying to test for am or pm in a if else statement..

if(am){
//Do something
else{

//Do something else

Ive tried

int am = cld.get(Calendar.AM_PM);

but the if else

wont take it as a parameter to test. Maybe because its not boolean.

How would i go about testing this?

Answer 1

You’re correct that the if-else won’t accept it because it is not boolean. Calendar.AM_PM only ever holds the value 0 or 1. A language like C would accept 0 or 1 as boolean; Java won’t.

You want to do something more like this:

int am = cld.get(Calendar.AM_PM);
if (am == 0) {
    // Do whatever for the AM
} else {
    // Do whatever because it must be PM
}