Chapter 10, Problem 6PE

Adding method “addLetterGrade”

Program Plan:

• Import the required packages.
• Definition of class Student.
  • Definition of “__init__” method.
    • Set the name, hours and quality points..
  • Definition of “getName()”.
    • Return the name.
  • Definition of “GetHours()”.
    • Return the hours.
  • Definition of “getQPoints()”
    • Return the quality points.
  • Definition of “gpa()”.
    • Return the “gpa”.
  • Definition of “addGrade()”.
    • Calculate the number of hours attended.
    • Calculate the grade points.
  • Definition of “addLetterGrade()”.
    • Assign “letterGrade” to the variable.
    • Check whether the “letterGrade” equals to “A”.
      • Assign “gradePoint” to “4”.
        • Check whether the “letterGrade” equals to “B”.
        • • Assign “gradePoint” to “3”.
        • Check whether the “letterGrade” equals to “C”.
        • • Assign “gradePoint” to “2”.
        • Check whether the “letterGrade” equals to “D”.
        • • Assign “gradePoint” to “1”.
  • Definition of “makeStudent()”.
    • Return the name, hours and quality points of the student.
• Declare a main function. Inside the main function,
  • Create an object for student.
  • Get the grade points and credits from the user.
  • Check whether the entered digit is letter.
    • Evaluate the expression.
  • Call the method “addGrade()”.
  • Otherwise, call the method “addLetterGrade()”.
  • Print the result.
• Call the main function.