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src/AssessmentPartOne.java

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ public class AssessmentPartOne {
 		// 01 - A Gentle Start
 		// Debug this method so it passes the unit test.
 		// Add comments beside any changes you make
-		
-		if (num1<num2)
+		if (num1>num2) //reversed the < to > symbol to say if num1 is larger than num2.
+			//this is because otherwise the test will always find num3 as the largest
+			//since if num2 was larger than num1, it is completely ignored in the next "if" statement
+			//so num3 is always returned.
 		{
 			if (num3>num1)
 			{
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ public class AssessmentPartOne {
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				return num2
+				return num2; //semicolon needed
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -43,9 +45,25 @@ public class AssessmentPartOne {
 		// You should comment your code explaining what each part does
 		
 		int sumOfSquares = 0;
+		if ((end < start) || (end == start - 1) || (start < 0) || (end < 0) || (end == start + 1)) {
+			// The code above is a set of conditions to test for values which are not within the set of 
+			//parameters stated above such as values have to be positive.
+			sumOfSquares = -1; //sets value of sumOfSquares to -1 which shows an error.
+			return sumOfSquares; // returns sumOfSquares to show error so that the rest of the code is not
+			                     // run.
+		}
+
+		start = start + 1; // this sets the start value for the loop as one integer larger than the set start
+		// value, meaning that the original start value is not included in the addition.
 
+		for (int A = start; A < end; A++) //This loop increments by one each time from start to end, not
+			//including end as i haven't used a >= symbol.
+		{
+			sumOfSquares = sumOfSquares + A; //this adds the next number in the increment to the total
+			//and repeats every time the loop runs till it is completed.
+		}
 
-		return sumOfSquares;
+		return sumOfSquares; //this returns the new total.
 	}
 
 }