I’ll Tell You What…

/**
 * Simple program that prints out the words
 * to the 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
 * song.
 *
 * Based on the BeerSong example in the
 * _Head_First_Java_ book with corrections.
 */
public class BeerSong {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        int beerNum = 99;
        String word = "bottles";

        while (beerNum > 0) {

            System.out.println(beerNum + " " + word + " of beer on the wall.");
            System.out.println(beerNum + " " + word + " of beer.");

            if (beerNum == 1) {
                System.out.println("Take it down.");
                word = "bottle";
            } else {
                System.out.println("Take one down.");
            }

            System.out.println("Pass it around.");
            beerNum--;

            if (beerNum == 1) {
                word = "bottle";
            }

            if (beerNum > 0) {
                System.out.println(beerNum + " " + word + " of beer on the wall.\n");
            } else {
                System.out.println("No more bottles of beer on the wall.");
            }
        }
    }
}