//  Months.java  Copyright (c) 2005 Kari Laitinen

//  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

//  2004-10-09  File created.
//  2005-04-17  Last modification.

//  If you are a reader who also studies my C++ book,
//  please note that this program does not work exactly
//  the same way as months.cpp in the C++ book.
//  The C++ program uses pointers, and pointers are not
//  available in the Java programming language.


class Months
{
   public static void main( String[] not_in_use )
   {
      String[]  names_of_months  =

         { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
           "July", "August", "September", "October", "November",
           "December"  }  ;

      System.out.print( "\n The first month of year is "
                     +  names_of_months[ 0 ]  +  "." ) ;

      System.out.print(  "\n\n The seventh month, " + names_of_months[ 6 ]
                     +  ", is named after Julius Caesar.\n" ) ;

      System.out.print( "\n Our calendar has " +  names_of_months.length
                     +  " months. \n" ) ;

      for ( int month_index  =  0 ;
                month_index  <  4 ;
                month_index  ++  )
      {
         int number_of_letters_in_month_name  =
                             names_of_months[ month_index ].length() ;

         System.out.print( "\n " +  names_of_months[ month_index ]
                        +  " is made of "
                        +  number_of_letters_in_month_name
                        +  " letters: " ) ;

         for ( int letter_index  =  0 ;
                   letter_index  <  number_of_letters_in_month_name ;
                   letter_index  ++ )
         {
            System.out.print(  " "  +
                  names_of_months[ month_index ].charAt( letter_index ) ) ;
         }            
      }
   }
}

/* Multiline comment begins:

   The following array is to be used in an exercise related
   to Months.java:

      String[]  history_of_months =
      {  "month of Roman god Janus",      // January
         "last month in Roman calendar",  // February
         "month of Roman war god Mars",   // March
         "month of Roman goddess Venus",  // April
         "month of goddess Maia",         // May
         "month of Roman goddess Juno",   // June
         "month of Julius Caesar",        // July
         "month of Emperor Augustus",     // August
         "7th Roman month",               // September
         "8th Roman month",               // October
         "9th Roman month",               // November
         "10th Roman month"  } ;          // December


   Mulitiline comment ends.  */