Using a single switch statement multiple times

[soccer13]

Is there any way to use a single switch statement more than once? In the program I'm writing currently, rainfall figures are read from a file, and I have two methods that are determining which month has the highest/lowest rainfall. I keep a count using these methods and return the count to the main, in which I have a switch written that assigns a month name based on the count it sees. I would like to use the single switch for both the highest and lowest, to get the month name. Is this possible? If my explanation isn't clear enough I will post code.

Thank you.

[mrnutty]

I'm not sure what you mean, post example of what you have and possibly what you are trying to achieve.

[soccer13]

Alright, I was afraid my explanation wasn't quiet clear.

Here is my code

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        //Array to hold rainfall values
        double[] figures = new double[12];
        
        figures=getData(figures);
        
        for (int i=0;i<figures.length;i++)
            System.out.println(figures[i]);
            
        System.out.println(" ");
        
        double totalRainfall=getTotal(figures);
        double averageRainfall=getAverage(totalRainfall);
        
        System.out.println("Total rainfall is "+totalRainfall);
        System.out.println("The average rainfall is "+averageRainfall);
        
        int monthNum=getLowest(figures);
        String month=" ";
        switch (monthNum)
        {
            case 1: month="January";
            break;
            case 2: month="Febuary";
            break;
            case 3: month="March";
            break;
            case 4: month="April";
            break;      
            case 5: month="May";
            break;
            case 6: month="June";
            break;
            case 7: month="July";
            break;
            case 8: month="August";
            break;
            case 9: month="September";
            break;
            case 10: month="October";
            break;
            case 11: month="November";
            break;
            case 12: month="December";
            break;
        }
           System.out.println(month);

  
    }

    public static double[] getData(double[] figures) throws IOException {
        Scanner keyboard=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("What is the filename?");
        
        String filename=keyboard.nextLine();
        
        File myfile=new File(filename);
        Scanner inputfile=new Scanner(myfile);
        
        int i=0;
        while (inputfile.hasNext()){
            for (i=0;i<figures.length;i++)
            {
                figures[i]=inputfile.nextDouble();
            }
        }

        return figures;
        }
        
          public static double getTotal(double figures[])
        {
        double total=0;
        
        for (int i=0;i<figures.length;i++)
        {
            total=figures[i]+total;
        }
        return total;
    }
    
        public static double getAverage(double total)
        {
            double average;
        return average=total/12;
    }
    
        public static int getLowest(double figures[])
    {
        double lowest=figures[0];
        int i;
        int count=1;
        for (i=1;i<figures.length;i++)
            {
                if (figures[i]<lowest)
                {
                    lowest=figures[i];
                    count++;
                }
            }
            return count;

 public static int getHighest(double figures[])
    {
        double highest=figures[0];
        int i;
        int count=1;
        for (i=1;i<figures.length;i++)
            {
                if (figures[i]>highest)
                {
                    highest=figures[i];
                    count++;
                }
            }
            return count;
}

I have the switch in main, I would like to use that single switch for my getLowest and getHighest methods, they return a value which represents a month, eg:1 for January,2 for February,ect.

I want to display:

April has had the most rain.

July has had the least rain.

But by using the single switch to determine the month for each. Hope that's clearer.

[jon.kiparsky]

Sounds like you want to put the switch in a method:

private String intToMonth(int i)
{
  String s;
  //case statement assigns s according to i
  return s;
}

Is that what you had in mind? You can use that anywhere in this class.

You might want to consier using an array of Strings

String month[] = {"", "January", ..., "December"}; //null string to offset January to 1st position

That's a lot easier to work with, and it's also more efficient.