Question

I’m writing a program that has a cap on how many visitors etc. And if it reaches cap then it defaults and prints i.e. You have reached adult capacity.

I am looking for a way to shorten my code and not use stacked if statements (which I am using now. I am very new at this and I was hoping there was a way to do that by implementing the following? However I’m not quite seeing how to get it to recognize and System.out.print specifics.

if (childCount >= CHILD_LIMIT || adultCount >= ADULT_LIMIT 
  || seniorCount >= SENIOR_LIMIT || totalPeople >= TOT_LIMIT || totalMoney >= GRAND_AMT)

Answer 1

If you are trying to print different statements for different conditions, you should use separate if statements:

boolean error = false;
if(childCount >= CHILD_LIMIT) {
    System.out.println("You have reached child capacity");
    error = true;
}
if(adultCount >= ADULT_LIMIT) {
    System.out.println("You have reached adult capacity");
    error = true;
}
...
if(error) {
    /* error occurred, don't process input normally */
}