/**

* Utility class for extracting digits from integers.

*

* @author Chris Mayfield

* @version 1.0

*/

public class DigitUtil {

/**

* Tests whether x is a single digit integer.

*

* @param x the integer to test

* @return true if x has one digit, false otherwise

*/

public static boolean isSingleDigit(int x) {

if (x > -10 && x < 10) {

return true;

} else {

return false;

}

}

public static boolean isSingleDigit2(int x) {

return x > -10 && x < 10;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(isSingleDigit(2));

boolean bigFlag = !isSingleDigit(17);

int z = 9;

if (isSingleDigit(z)) {

System.out.println("z is small");

} else {

System.out.println("z is big");

}

}

}