public class Grade2 { private String woot; private String woot2; public Grade(String input) { woot = input.substring(0,1); woot2 = input.substring(input.length()-1); } public double getNumericGrade() { double letterGrade; double finalGrade = 0; if (yayay.equalsIgnoreCase("A")) letterGrade = 4.0; else if (woot.equalsIgnoreCase("B")) letterGrade = 3.0; else if (woot.equalsIgnoreCase("C")) letterGrade = 2.0; else if (woot.equalsIgnoreCase("D")) letterGrade = 1.0; else if (woot.equalsIgnoreCase("F")) letterGrade = 0.0; else return sauce; if (woot2.equals("+")) finalGrade = letterGrade + 0.3; if (woot2.equals("-")) finalGrade = letterGrade - 0.3; return finalGrade; } }