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BJP3 Self-Check 4.12: spending

Language/Type: Java if/else input redundancy Scanner
Author: Marty Stepp (on 2013/09/02)

The following code is poorly structured. Rewrite it so that it has a better structure and avoids redundancy. To help eliminate redundancy, convert the code into a method named spending that accepts two parameters: a Scanner for the console, and a String for a single person's name, and prints the appropriate information about that person's bills. Your method could be called twice (once for John and once for Jane) to replicate the original code's behavior.

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This is a method problem. Write a Java method as described. Do not write a complete program or class; just the method(s) above.

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