Assignment #86 and Letter at a Time
Code
///Name: Tim Gibson
///Period: 6
///Project Name: Letter at a Time
///File Name: LetterAtATime.java
///Date Finished: 11/3/15
import java.util.Scanner;
public class LetterAtATime
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("What is your message? ");
String message = kb.nextLine();
System.out.println("\nYour message is " + message.length() + " characters long.");
System.out.println("The first character is at position 0 and is '" + message.charAt(0) + "'.");
int lastpos = message.length() - 1;
System.out.println("The last character is at position " + lastpos + " and is '" + message.charAt(lastpos) + "'.");
System.out.println("\nHere are all the characters, one at a time:\n");
for ( int i=0; i < message.length(); i++ )
{
System.out.println("\t" + i + " - '" + message.charAt(i) + "'");
}
int v_count = 0;
for ( int i=0; i < message.length(); i++ )
{
char letter = message.charAt(i);
if ( letter == 'a' || letter == 'A' || letter == 'e' || letter == 'E' || letter == 'i' || letter == 'I' || letter == 'o' || letter == 'O' || letter == 'u' || letter == 'U')
{
v_count++;
}
}
System.out.println("\nYour message contains vowels " + v_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
}
}
//the a counting won't work if it's a <=
// the length of box is 3. the x is in position 2
// becaus message length and position are different
Picture of the output