/**
 * Prints facts about the number of stars and stripes
 * on the US flag from 1777 to 2016
 * 
 * Illustrates:
 *      - The basics of declaring, initializing, 
 *        and assigning to primitive variables of type integer
 *        
 *      - The use of the final keyword
 *      
 * @author alchambers
 */
public class USFlag{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        int numStars = 13;
        System.out.println("In 1777, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 20;
        System.out.println("In 1818, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 48;
        System.out.println("In 1912, there were " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        numStars = 50;
        System.out.println("In 2016, there are " + numStars + " stars on the US flag");
        
        final int NUM_STRIPES = 13;
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("There have always been " + NUM_STRIPES + " stripes on the US flag");
        
        // Uncomment the line below to trigger an error
        // NUM_STRIPES = 15;       
    }    
}