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// Stuart Reges handout #4
// 10/1/04
//
// This program demonstrates the use of static methods to produce output. It
// has methods that produce various paragraphs for a letter and combines these
// to produce a series of three letters.
public class Letters {
public static void main(String[] args) {
mom();
andy();
wendy();
}
// a letter to Mom
public static void mom() {
System.out.println("Dear Mom:");
System.out.println();
work();
live();
amc();
bye();
}
// a letter to Andy
public static void andy() {
System.out.println("Dear Andy:");
System.out.println();
work();
live();
scifi();
bye();
}
// a letter to Wendy
public static void wendy() {
System.out.println("Dear Wendy:");
System.out.println();
work();
live();
scifi();
amc();
bye();
}
// produces a paragraph describing work
public static void work() {
System.out.println("Work is going great. I gave my first lecture");
System.out.println("on Wednesday. I was a bit nervous, but it");
System.out.println("turned out okay. I can always count on the");
System.out.println("Star Trek stuff to get a laugh.");
System.out.println();
}
// produces a paragraph describing where I live
public static void live() {
System.out.println("I bought a loft in downtown Seattle in a part");
System.out.println("of town they call Pioneer Square. I take the");
System.out.println("bus to work and that's pretty convenient.");
System.out.println("It gets a bit noisy on Friday and Saturday");
System.out.println("nights, but I've bought a laser pointer that");
System.out.println("I shine down from my window to confuse the");
System.out.println("drunk people.");
System.out.println();
}
// produces a paragraph describing what's happening on All My Children
public static void amc() {
System.out.println("Can you believe what's happening on All My");
System.out.println("Children? I can't believe that Babe still");
System.out.println("hasn't told Bianca that she stole her baby.");
System.out.println("And it's so weird watching Tad being a father");
System.out.println("to a grown-up son. I remember when he was in");
System.out.println("high school and sleeping with both Liza and her");
System.out.println("mother at the same time.");
System.out.println();
}
// produces a paragraph about science fiction TV shows
public static void scifi() {
System.out.println("Did you hear that Brent Spiner is going to be");
System.out.println("on Enterprise next year? It sounds stupid. I");
System.out.println("think they ruined Stargate by having O'Neil no");
System.out.println("longer going out on missions. The new Stargate");
System.out.println("Atlantis is okay, but it's like vampires in");
System.out.println("outer space. Ann Rice meets Larry Niven.");
System.out.println();
}
// produces a closing for the letter
public static void bye() {
System.out.println("See ya later,");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Stuart");
System.out.println("\f"); // form feed to go to new page
}
}
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