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    Default redundant code

    I was marked off 2 points from my teacher because he said this part of my code was redundant. What could I have done to make it less redundant?
    if (x < 30) {
         a=2;
         x++;
         System.out.println("Java is awesome! " + x);
    } else {
         a = 2;
         System.out.println("Java is awesome! " + x);
    }


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    Default Re: redundant code

    Anytime you repeat lines of code, there's a possibility that there is redundancy (or you need to move repeated code into a method). You didn't give us much context, but I believe what you have is the same as:
            a = 2;
            if (x < 30)
            {
                x++;
            }
            System.out.println("Java is awesome! " + x);

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    Default Re: redundant code

    A definite is that the println is the same whether it goes into the if or the else so it can be placed outside either.

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