This is less messy

NumberUtilities.java

@@ -4,23 +4,11 @@
 public class NumberUtilities {
     
     public static String getRange(int stop) {
-        StringBuilder range = new StringBuilder();
-        
-        for (int i = 0; i < stop; i++) {
-            range.append(i);
-        }
-        
-        return range.toString();
+        return getRange(0, stop, 1);
     }
     
     public static String getRange(int start, int stop) {
-        StringBuilder range = new StringBuilder();
-        
-        for (int i = start; i < stop; i++) {
-            range.append(i);
-        }
-        
-        return range.toString();
+        return getRange(start, stop, 1);
     }
 
 
@@ -35,32 +23,16 @@ public class NumberUtilities {
     }
     
     public static String getEvenNumbers(int start, int stop) {
-        StringBuilder range = new StringBuilder();
-        //Start on an even number.
-        if (start % 2 == 1) {
-            start += 1;
-        }
-        
-        for (int i = start; i < stop; i += 2) {
-            range.append(i);
-        }
-        
-        return range.toString();
+        //Start on an even number, step by 2
+        start = (start % 2) == 1 ? start + 1 : start;
+        return getRange(start, stop, 2);
     }
 
 
     public static String getOddNumbers(int start, int stop) {
-        StringBuilder range = new StringBuilder();
-        //Start on an odd number.
-        if (start % 2 == 0) {
-            start += 1;
-        }
-        
-        for (int i = start; i < stop; i += 2) {
-            range.append(i);
-        }
-        
-        return range.toString();
+        //Start on an odd number, step by 2
+        start = (start % 2) == 0 ? start + 1 : start;
+        return getRange(start, stop, 2);
     }
 
 

package.bluej

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 #BlueJ package file
-dependency1.from=NumberUtilitiesTest
-dependency1.to=NumberUtilities
+dependency1.from=TableUtilitiesTest
+dependency1.to=TableUtilities
 dependency1.type=UsesDependency
 dependency2.from=TriangleUtilitiesTest
 dependency2.to=TriangleUtilities
 dependency2.type=UsesDependency
-dependency3.from=TableUtilitiesTest
-dependency3.to=TableUtilities
+dependency3.from=NumberUtilitiesTest
+dependency3.to=NumberUtilities
 dependency3.type=UsesDependency
-editor.fx.0.height=722
-editor.fx.0.width=800
-editor.fx.0.x=537
-editor.fx.0.y=28
-objectbench.height=164
-objectbench.width=484
+editor.fx.0.height=0
+editor.fx.0.width=0
+editor.fx.0.x=0
+editor.fx.0.y=0
+objectbench.height=334
+objectbench.width=876
 package.divider.horizontal=0.6
-package.divider.vertical=0.7560627674750356
-package.editor.height=523
-package.editor.width=382
-package.editor.x=20
-package.editor.y=57
-package.frame.height=759
-package.frame.width=508
+package.divider.vertical=0.4817629179331307
+package.editor.height=310
+package.editor.width=758
+package.editor.x=98
+package.editor.y=23
+package.frame.height=716
+package.frame.width=900
 package.numDependencies=3
 package.numTargets=6
 package.showExtends=true