commented up, completed and fixed

src/AssessmentPartThree.java

@@ -21,82 +21,51 @@ public class AssessmentPartThree {
 		 // Lower case characters remain lower case, upper case remain upper case
 		 // Any other characters are returned unchanged
 		 	 
-		 char[] alphabet = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
-		 boolean upperChar;
-		 int letterPlace = 0;
+		 char[] alphabet = {'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'}; // creates an array string string containing each letter of the alphabet
+		 boolean upperCaseCharacter; //creates a boolean caleld uppercasecharacter 
+		 int letterPlace = 0; //creates an int called letterplace and assigns it a value of 0
 		 
-		 upperChar = Character.isUpperCase(theChar);
-		 theChar = Character.toLowerCase(theChar);
+		 upperCaseCharacter = Character.isUpperCase(theChar); // makes uppercasecharacter equal to the uppercse value of theChar
+		 theChar = Character.toLowerCase(theChar); //makes theChar equal to the lowercase value of theChar
 		 
-		 for (int i = 0 ; i < alphabet.length; i++)
+		 for (int i = 0 ; i < alphabet.length; i++) // creates a for loop that runs as long as i is less than the length of the array string alphabet
 		 {
-			 if (theChar == alphabet[i])
+			 if (theChar == alphabet[i]) // if thechar is equal to the i'th value of alphabet
 			 {
-				 theOffset = theOffset + i;
-				 break;
+				 theOffset = theOffset + i; //makes the offset equal to theoffset plus the value of i
 			 }
 		 } 	 
 	 
-	 if (Character.isLetter(theChar))
+	 if (Character.isLetter(theChar)) //if theChar is a Letter
 	 {
-		 if (theOffset < 0)
+		 if (theOffset < 0) // if the value of theOffset is less than 0
 		 {
-			 theOffset = theOffset + 26;
+			 theOffset = theOffset + 26; //makes theOffset equal to theOffset plus 26
 		 }
-		 if (theOffset > alphabet.length)
+		 if (theOffset > alphabet.length) // if the value of theOfset is greater than  the length of the string alphabet 
 		 {
-			 theOffset = theOffset - 26;
+			 theOffset = theOffset - 26; //makes theOffset equal to theOffset - 26
 		 }
-		 else 
+		 else  //if none of the above if statements were met
 		 {
-			 theChar = alphabet[theOffset];
+			 theChar = alphabet[theOffset]; //makes thechar equal to the character in alphabet equal to the value of the offset
 		 }
 	 }
 	 
-	 else 
+	 else //if the previous if statement is not met
 	 {
-		 return theChar;
+		 return theChar; //return the value of theChar
 	 }
 	 
-	 if (upperChar)
+	 if (upperCaseCharacter) // if uppercasecharacter has a value
 	 {
-		 theChar = Character.toUpperCase(theChar);
+		 theChar = Character.toUpperCase(theChar); //makes thechar equal to the uppercase value of thechar
 	 }
 	 
-	 return theChar;
+	 return theChar; //returns thechar
 	 
 	 }
 	 
-	/* String lowerbet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; //creates a string containing all the letter of the alphabet in lowercase
-	 String capitalbet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; // creates a string containing all the letters of the alphabet in uppercase
-	 
-	 for (int i = 0; i < lowerbet.length(); i++) // creates a for loop that declares a variable called I, then iterates until i is greater than the length of the string lowerbet (in this case it would be 26)
-	 {
-		 if (theChar == lowerbet.charAt(i)) // creates an if statement that triggers if the character in theChar is equal to the ith value of the string lowerbet
-		 {
-			 char newnumber = lowerbet.charAt(theOffset + i); // assigns character equal to the character at the value of offset + the value of I of the string lowerbet to a char called newnum
-			 
-			 return newnumber; // returns the value of newnum
-		 }
-		 
-		 if (theChar == capitalbet.charAt(i)) // if the value of theChar is equal to the i'th character of the string capitalbet 
-		 {
-			 char newnumber = capitalbet.charAt(theOffset + i); // assigns character equal to the character at the value of offset + the value of i
-			 
-			 return newnumber; //returns the value of newnum
-		 }
-	 
-	 }
-	 
-	char newnumber = theChar; // assigns the value of theChar to newnum
-	return newnumber; // returns the value of newnum 
-	}
-	*/
-	
-
-		
-		
-	 
 		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  
 	 
@@ -110,50 +79,13 @@ public class AssessmentPartThree {
 		 
 		String output = "";
 		
-		for (char letter : theMessage.toCharArray())
+		for (char letter : theMessage.toCharArray()) //creates a or loop that iterates the char "letter" through theMessage.tochararray 
 		{
-			letter = enryptedCharacter( letter, theOffset);
-			output = output + letter;
-		}
-		 
-		 return output;
-		 
-	
-		/*  StringBuilder string = new StringBuilder(); //creates an empty StringBuilder called String
-		 char j ; // creates an empty char called j
-		 
-		 for (int i = 0; i < theMessage.length(); i++) // creates a for loop that iterates until i is greater then the length of whatever is stored in the string "theMessage"
-		 {
-			 j = theMessage.charAt(i); // makes j equal to the i'th character of theMessage
-			 
-			if (Character.isLetter(j)) // if the value assigned to j is a letter runs the following
-			{
-				j = (char) (theMessage.charAt(i) + theOffset); // makes j a char equal to the i'th value of theMessage + the value of the offset
-			}
-			
-			if ((Character.isLowerCase(theMessage.charAt(i))) && j > 'z')		// if the i'th character of theMessage is lowercase and the value stored in j is greater than the lowercase value of z
-				{
-					j = (char) (theMessage.charAt(i) - (theOffset - 26)); // makes j equal to the value of i'th character of themessage minus the value of theoffset minus 26
-				}
-			
-			if (Character.isUpperCase(theMessage.charAt(i)) && j > 'Z')	// if the i'th character of theMessage is uppercasecase and the value stored in j is greater than the uppercase value of z
-				{
-					j = (char) (theMessage.charAt(i) - (theOffset - 26)); //makes j equal to the i'th character of themessage minus the value of theOffset, minus 26
-				}
-			
-			if (Character.isUpperCase(theMessage.charAt(i)) && j < 'A') // if the i'th character of theMessage is uppercasecase and the value stored in j is less than the uppercase value of A
-				{
-					j = (char) (theMessage.charAt(i) + (theOffset + 26)); // makes j equal to the i'th character of themessage plus the value of the offset plus 26
-				}
-								
-			if ((Character.isLowerCase(theMessage.charAt(i)) && j < 'a')) // if the i'th character of theMessage is lowercase and the value stored in j is less than the lowercase value of a
-				{
-					j = (char) (theMessage.charAt(i) + (theOffset + 26)); // makes j equal to the i'th character of themessage plus the value of the offset plus 26
-				}
-				string.append (j); // returns string with the value of j added too it
+			letter = enryptedCharacter( letter, theOffset); // makes letter equal to the value obtained when running the value of theMessage through the encryptedcharacter method above
+			output = output + letter; // makes output equal to output + letter
 		}
 		 
-		 return string.toString(); // returns a string containing whatever is stored in the stringbuilder "string"  */
+		 return output; // returns the value of output
 	 }
 }