date_array

// MyDate classes printed using a toString() method
// Renee Waggoner
// July 17, 2019
// Special Requirements: None

package date_array;

// The MyDate class is public, which means that it can be used in other classes.
public class MyDate {
    // Instance variables are declared at the beginning of the class definition,
    // outside of any method. By itself, this code fragment is a legal class definition:

    // the instance variables are private, which means they can only be accessed from inside the MyDate class
    private int day , year;
    private String month;

    // public means it can be accessed by toString method
    // Constructor: MyDate(String month, int day, int year) - the code stores the values in instance variables
    public MyDate(String month, int day, int year) {

        // constructor with parameter
        this.month = month;
        this.day = day;
        this.year = year;
    }
    public String toString() {
        return month + " " + day + ", " + year;
    }
}
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// The dateArray class prints the values of the dateArr array backwards.
// Renee Waggoner
// July 17, 2019
// Special Requirements: None

package date_array;

public class DateArray {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        MyDate dateArr[] = new MyDate[4];

        MyDate date1 = new MyDate("May", 16, 1984);
        MyDate date2 = new MyDate("November", 14, 1978);
        MyDate date3 = new MyDate("September", 21, 1980);
        MyDate date4 = new MyDate("July", 3, 1987);

        // Note: don't forget arrays always start at zero
        dateArr[0] = date1;
        dateArr[1] = date2;
        dateArr[2] = date3;
        dateArr[3] = date4;

        // Note: remember to use for loops for arrays
        // initialization, condition, counter, print
        for(int i = dateArr.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            // String toString() method - returns a String containing your 3 instance variables.
            System.out.println(dateArr[i].toString());
        }
    }
}