// File: TemperatureConversion.java // A Java application to print a temperature conversion table. // Additional javadoc documentation is available at: // http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/docs/TemperatureConversion.html /****************************************************************************** * The TemperatureConversion Java application prints a table * converting Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees. * * @see * Java Source Code * (www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/applications/TemperatureConversion.java) * * * @author Michael Main * (main@colorado.edu) * * @version Feb 10, 2016 ******************************************************************************/ public class TemperatureConversion { /** * The main method prints a Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion * table. * The bounds of the table range from -50C to +50C in 10 degree increments. * @param args * not used in this implementations **/ public static void main(String[ ] args) { final double TABLE_BEGIN = -50.0; // The table's first Celsius temperature final double TABLE_END = 50.0; // The table's final Celsius temperature final double TABLE_STEP = 10.0; // Increment between temperatures in table double celsius; // A Celsius temperature double fahrenheit; // The equivalent Fahrenheit temperature System.out.println("TEMPERATURE CONVERSION"); System.out.println("----------------------"); System.out.println("Celsius Fahrenheit"); for (celsius = TABLE_BEGIN; celsius <= TABLE_END; celsius += TABLE_STEP) { // Each iteration prints one line of the conversion table. fahrenheit = celsiusToFahrenheit(celsius); System.out.printf("%6.2fC", celsius); System.out.printf("%14.2fF\n", fahrenheit); } System.out.println("----------------------"); } /** * Convert a temperature from Celsius degrees to Fahrenheit degrees. * * @param c * a temperature in Celsius degrees * @precondition * c is greater than or equal to -273.16. * @return * the temperature c converted to Fahrenheit * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException * Indicates that c is less than the smallest Celsius * temperature (-273.16). **/ public static double celsiusToFahrenheit(double c) { final double MINIMUM_CELCIUS = -273.16; if (c < MINIMUM_CELCIUS) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Argument " + c + " is too small."); return (9.0/5.0)*c + 32; } }