Java Month month2int(String month)

Description

Parse a String and determine if it is a month.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
month	A given month as a String.

Return

An int value representing the month.

Declaration

public static int month2int(String month) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w w. jav  a2 s . co m
This file is part of JFLICKS.
    
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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JFLICKS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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*/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parse a String and determine if it is a month.  If so then return an
     * int value where January = 0, February = 1, etc.
     *
     * @param month A given month as a String.
     * @return An int value representing the month.
     */
    public static int month2int(String month) {

        int result = 0;

        if (month != null) {

            if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("january")) {
                result = 0;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("february")) {
                result = 1;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("march")) {
                result = 2;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("april")) {
                result = 3;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("may")) {
                result = 4;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("june")) {
                result = 5;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("july")) {
                result = 6;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("august")) {
                result = 7;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("september")) {
                result = 8;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("october")) {
                result = 9;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("november")) {
                result = 10;
            } else if (month.equalsIgnoreCase("december")) {
                result = 11;
            }
        }

        return (result);
    }
}

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7. month2String(int month)
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