Assignment #99 and Fill-In Functions

Code

    /// Name: Lauren Baird
    /// Period: 7
    /// Program Name: Fill-in Functions
    /// File Name: FillInFunctions.java
    /// Date Finished: 1/07/2016
    
    public class FillInFunctions
    {
    	public static void main( String[] args )
    	{
    		System.out.println("Watch as we demonstrate functions.");
    
    		System.out.println();
    		System.out.println("I'm going to get a random character from A-Z");
    		System.out.println("The character is: " + randChar() );
    
    		System.out.println();
    		System.out.println("Now let's count from -10 to 10");
    		int start, stop;
    		start = -10;
    		stop = 10;
    		counter(start, stop);
    		System.out.println("How was that?");
    
    		System.out.println();
    		System.out.println("Now we take the absolute value of a number.");
    		int x;
    		x = -10;
    		System.out.println("|" + x + "| = " + abso(x) );
    
    		System.out.println();
    		System.out.println("That's all.  This program has been brought to you by:");
            credits();
    	}
        
        
    	public static void credits()
        {
    		System.out.println();
    		System.out.println("programmed by Joshua Davis");
    		System.out.println("modified by Lauren Baird");
    		System.out.print("This code is distributed under the terms of the standard ");
    		System.out.println("BSD license.  Do with it as you wish.");
    	}
    
        
    	public static char randChar()
    	{	
    		int numval;
    		char charval;
    
    		numval = (int)(Math.random()*26);
    		
    		charval = (char) ('A' + numval);
    
    		return charval;
    	}
    
        
    	public static void counter( int start, int stop )
        {
            while ( start <= stop )
            {
                System.out.print( start + "  " );
                start = start + 1;
            }
        }
        
    
    	public static int abso( int x )
    	{
    		int absval;
    
    		if ( x < 0 )
    			absval = -x;
    		else
    			absval = x;
    
    		return absval;
    	}
    }