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i need help with this 1 line if some one passed the argument 'A' it would only print out the characters from 0-4 how can this be coded?????????
public class A {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          String[] characters = new String[ 130 ];
          characters[ 0 ] = new String("  *  ");  // A
          characters[ 1 ] = new String("*   *");
          characters[ 2 ] = new String("*****");
          characters[ 3 ] = new String("*   *");
          characters[ 4 ] = new String("*   *");
          characters[ 5 ] = new String("**** ");  // B
          characters[ 6 ] = new String("*   *");
          characters[ 7 ] = new String("**** ");
          characters[ 8 ] = new String("*   *");
          characters[ 9 ] = new String("**** ");
          for (int nCharacter = 0; nCharacter < args[ 0 ].length(); nCharacter++) {
             char aChar = args[ 0 ].charAt (nCharacter);
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Answer 1

Not a very efficient method - but it will work;-public class junk{
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String letter = "A";//args[0].toUpperCase();
      char c = letter.charAt(0);
      int start= getStart(c);
      int end = getLast(c);
      String[] characters = new String[ 130 ];
       characters[ 0 ] = new String("  *  "); // A
      characters[ 1 ] = new String("*   *");
      characters[ 2 ] = new String("*****");
      characters[ 3 ] = new String("*   *");
      characters[ 4 ] = new String("*   *");
      characters[ 5 ] = new String("**** "); // B
      characters[ 6 ] = new String("*   *");
      characters[ 7 ] = new String("**** ");
      characters[ 8 ] = new String("*   *");
      characters[ 9 ] = new String("**** ");
      for(int i=start; i<end; i++) System.out.println(characters);
/*for (int nCharacter = 0; nCharacter < args[ 0 ].length(); nCharacter++) {
char aChar = args[ 0 ].charAt (nCharacter); */
private static int getStart(char c){
int temp = 0;
switch(c){
case 'A' : temp = 0; break;
case 'B' : temp = 5; break;
return temp;
private static int getLast(char c){
int temp = 0;
switch(c){
case 'A' : temp = 5; break;
case 'B' : temp = 10; break;
return temp;