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xteve: Hi programmers in the house Hope u all had a wonderful Christmas Celebration?

I have been thinking on a proper algorithm/way to write a simple program that will prompt a user to enter his personal details. Then the program should be able to tell the person's zodiac sign using Java, C++ or even python.
Below are the zodiac signs and their dates

Aries March 21-April 20
Taurus April 21 - May 21
Gemini May 22 - June 21
Cancer June 22 - July 22
Leo July 23 - August 22
Virgo August 23 - September 22
Libra September 23 - October 22
Scorpio October 23 - November 21
Sagittarius November 22 - December 21
Capricorn December 22 - January 19
Aquarius January 20 - February 18
Pisces February 19 - March 20


Any opinion will be welcm

lordZOUGA:
this looks like an exercise in a programming textbook..

//The Brute-Force method 
public class dates
{
	public static int getNumDate(String month, int day)
	{
	int numDate = 0;

	if(month == "january"
	{	numDate = 0 + day;	}
	else if(month == "febuary"
	{	numDate = 31 + day;	}
	else if(month == "march"
	{	numDate = 59 + day;	}
	else if(month == "april"
	{	numDate = 90 + day;	}
	else if(month == "may"
	{	numDate = 120 + day;	}
	else if(month == "june"
	{	numDate = 151 + day;	}
	else if(month == "july " )
	{	numDate = 181 + day;	}
	else if(month == "august"
	{	numDate = 212 + day;	}
	else if(month == "setember"
	{	numDate = 243 + day;	}
	else if(month == "october"
	{	numDate = 273 + day;	}
	else if(month == "november"
	{	numDate = 304 + day;	}
	else if(month == "december"
	{	numDate = 334 + day;	}
		return numDate;
	}
	public static String getZodiac(int date)
	{
		String zodiac = null;
		if(date >=80 && date<=110)
		{	zodiac = "aries";	}
		else if(date >=111 && date<=141)
		{	zodiac = "taurus";	}
		if(date >=142 && date<=172)
		{	zodiac = "gemini";	}
		if(date >=173 && date<=203)
		{	zodiac = "cancer";	}
		if(date >=204 && date<=234)
		{	zodiac = "leo";	}
		if(date >=235 && date<=265)
		{	zodiac = "virgo";	}
		if(date >=266 && date<=295)
		{	zodiac = "libra";	}
		if(date >=296 && date<=325)
		{	zodiac = "scorpio";	}
		if(date >=326 && date<=355)
		{	zodiac = "sagittarius";	}
		if(date >=356 || date<=19)
		{	zodiac = "capricorn";	}
		if(date >=20 && date<=49)
		{	zodiac = "aquarius";	}
		if(date >=50 && date<=79)
		{	zodiac = "pisces";	}
		return zodiac;
	}
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		int res1 = getNumDate("febuary", 20);
		System.out.println(getZodiac(res1));
	}
	
}

Chimanet: @javanian well done, bt do u knw abt d calender api? I think it will also b possible with it

Javanian: Please what exactly don't you get? The API or how the API can solve the problem at hand?

Chimanet: @javanian well done, bt do u knw abt d calender api? I think it will also b possible with it