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The pedestrian traffic light is programmed as follows:
at the beginning of each hour, the green signal is on for three minutes,
then the signal is yellow for one minute,
and then it is red for one minute.
Then the light is green again for three minutes, etc.
Use the keyboard to enter a real number t that represents the number of minutes that have elapsed since the beginning of the hour.
Determine what color the traffic light is at the specified time.
Display the result as follows:
"green" if the light is green,
"yellow" if the light is yellow, and
"red" if the light is red.

Example for 2.5:
green
Example for 3:
yellow
Example for 4:
red
Example for 5:
green

Requirements:

The program should read a real number from the keyboard.
The program should display text on the screen.
If the light is green, display: "green"
If the light is yellow, display: "yellow"
If the light is red, display: "red"

package com.codegym.task.task04.task0416; /* Crossing the road blindly */ import java.io.*; public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); double t = Double.parseDouble(reader.readLine()); if (t>4) t=t%4; if (t>60) t = t%60; if (t>0 && t<3) System.out.print("green"); else if (t>=3 && t <4) System.out.print("yellow"); else System.out.print("red"); } }

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Gellert Varga

Level 23 , Szekesfehervar, Hungary

18 April 2020, 20:08

Hi!:) 1.) Line 15: if t>4 t=t%4; I think you think the cycle of the lights is four minutes. But! Green 3 minutes, yellow 1 minute, red 1 minute. It's 5 minutes total. Then the same thing starts all over again, which is 5 minutes again and again. 2.) Line 15: if t>4 t=t%4; So from now, the value of "t" will be ALWAYS between 0 and 4. It can be never more than 4! So, the Line 16 test (if t>60) loses its meaning. It's not needed. 3.) Line 18: If t>0... But what if t=0.0? Then it should be green... 4.) An advice: If you test your program a lot, with different input values, it will always help a lot to detect what the problem is.

Andrew Nguyen

Level 23 , Toronto, Canada

18 April 2020, 23:27

Thank you. That helps a lot