Package edu.ucsb.cs156.courses.utilities

Class CourseUtilities

java.lang.Object

edu.ucsb.cs156.courses.utilities.CourseUtilities

public class CourseUtilities
extends Object

static utility methods for dealing with courses

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	makeFormattedCourseId(String subjectArea, String courseNumber)	Given a subject area and course number, return a course id that is formatted similarly to the precise way that course numbers are formatted in UCSB's GOLD system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

makeFormattedCourseId

public static String makeFormattedCourseId(String subjectArea,
 String courseNumber)

Given a subject area and course number, return a course id that is formatted similarly to the precise way that course numbers are formatted in UCSB's GOLD system.

That format has the subject area left justified in an 8 character field, followed by the course number right justified in a 3 character field, followed by the suffix (if any) left justified in a 2 character field.

However, we use this function to query rtora's CSV files with grade data, at https://github.com/rtora/UCSB_Grades/ in which this course id is trimmed, such that there are never ending spaces.

Therefore, we intentionally also trim the result course id in this function to properly query the CSV files. For example, CMPSC 130A would typically be written:

"CMPSC 130A "

but we return "CMPSC 130A" to query the CSV file.

Parameters:

subjectArea - subject area, such as CMPSC

courseNumber - course number, such as 130A

Returns:

formatted course number