Assignemnt #51 and Reverse Alphabetical Order

Code

      ///Name: Dakota Donahue
      ///Period: 5
      ///Project Name: Alphabetical Order
      ///File Name: AlphabeticalOrder.java
      ///Date: 11/20/2015
      
      import java.util.Scanner;

      public class AlphabeticalOrder
      {
          public static void main ( String[] args )
          {
              String name;
              
              Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
              
              System.out.println( "What's your last name? " );
              name = keyboard.next();
              
              int a = name.compareTo("Carswell");
              int b = name.compareTo("Jones");
              int c = name.compareTo("Smith");
              int d = name.compareTo("Young");
              
              if ( a <= 0 )
              {
                  System.out.println( " You don't have to wait long, " + name + ". " );
              }
              else if ( b <= 0 )
              {
                  System.out.println( " That's not bad " + name + ". " );
              }
              else if ( c <= 0 )
              {
                  System.out.println( " Looks like a bit of a wait " + name + ". " );
              }
              else if ( d <= 0 )
              {
                  System.out.println( " It's gonna be a while " + name + ". " );
              }
              else
              {
                  System.out.println( " Not going anywhere for a while " + name + ". " );
              }
          }
      }

      
    
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