Assignment 5 - Insurance / Poker

Option 1: Using Return Values and Parameters to Calculate Age and Life Expectancy for Car and Life Insurance

Option 2: Finish the 2-Card Poker game

Option 1: Using Parameters for Insurance Data

Setup Instructions

Create a new file called Assign5_Insurance.java

In run(), set up the following 2 variables:

• int age
• String sexAtBirth

Then code the following functionality

1. Create a calculateAge method that returns the age of the user. 

• public static int calculateAge()
• Inside the method: Ask the user for their birth year
• It then calculates the age of the person and returns the approximate age.  This should take one to three lines of code

2. In run(), print “Driving Insurance Application”

3. In run(), call the calculateAge method and store the value it returns into the age variable.

4. Create a testAge method that takes in the age as a parameter and returns nothing.

• public static void testAge(int age)

• This takes in the age of a person and then prints out one of the following messages.  You can build your IF statement in any order.

• if the age is less than 16, print:

• Driving Eligibility: Learners License only
• Voting Eligibility: No

• if the age is 18 or greater, print:

• Driving Eligibility: Full License
• Voting Eligibility: Yes

• if neither of the above is true, print:

• Driving Eligibility: Graduated License
• Voting Eligibility: No

• Call the method from run(), passing in the age that was returned by the first method.

5. In run(), print “Life Insurance Application”.

6. Next, in run(), ask the user and scan for their sexAtBirth.

7. Create a yearsLeft method that takes in the age and the sex as parameters.  It returns nothing.

• public static void yearsLeft(int age, String atBirth)
• Before writing this method, do an Internet search to find out the life expectancy for both women and men in Canada.  
• This method takes in the age of the person and their sex as parameters.  
• It is a void method as it does not need to return anything to run().
• It should figure out how many years a person has left according to the life expectancy statistic.  It should then print the following statement.  “According to recent statistics, you will likely live for ____ years, until the year _____”

6. Call the yearsLeft method from run() (passing in the age and gender)

Option 2: Finish the Poker Game

Several days ago, we introduced parameters with a Casino example that included an isFlush and an isPair method.  The code has been copied onto the next page if you need it.

Your goal is to complete this example so it determines who wins the hand.  The final result should say: “The Casino Wins!” or “The Player Wins!”. (I would recommend saying why but this is optional.  “The Casino has a pair.  The player has high card only.  The Casino wins!”)

Copy the original example file into a new file called Assig5_Casino.

Here are the rules for determining the winner.  This is NOT necessarily the order in which you should code your if statements:

• if one person has a flush and the other does not, the person with the flush wins (this working properly is worth 30%)
• if neither has a flush but if one person has a pair and the other does not, the person with the pair wins (this working properly is worth 30%)
• if neither has a pair or flush the highest cards are compared to see who wins (this working properly is worth 30%)

Final 10% - What if both have a flush or a pair?  Well if both have a pair, the highest pair should win.  If both have  flush then the highest card should win.  

• You must code for the situation where both have a pair or both have a flush.
• You do not need to code for the remaining situations (such as when they both have a flush with the same high card.)  Instead, print “I don’t know who wins” in uncoded situations.

Ask your teacher for the Casino start code if you do not have it.  A version is below but your in-class example may be different.