Assignment #86 A Letter at a Time

Code

      ///Name: Ian Grant
      ///Period:5
      ///Project Name: A Letter at A Time
      ///File Name:LetterTime.java
      ///01/27/16
      

      import java.util.Scanner;
      
      public class LetterTime
      {
      	public static void main( String[] args )
      	{
              /*
              1. It gets a error because the length is one more than the last position
              2. Length of box is 3. The last position is 2
              3. It can't be equal to the length because the length is one more than the last position
              4.
              */
      		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 a_count = 0;
              int e_count = 0;
              int i_count = 0;
              int o_count = 0;
              int u_count = 0;
      		for ( int i=0; i< message.length(); i++ )
      		{
      			char letter = message.charAt(i);
      			if ( letter == 'a' || letter == 'A' )
      			{
      				a_count++;
      			}
                  if ( letter == 'e' || letter == 'E' )
      			{
      				e_count++;
      			}
                  if ( letter == 'i' || letter == 'I' )
      			{
      				i_count++;
      			}
                  if ( letter == 'o' || letter == 'O' )
      			{
      				o_count++;
      			}
                  if ( letter == 'u' || letter == 'U' )
      			{
      				u_count++;
      			}
      		}
      
      		System.out.println("\nYour message contains the letter 'a' " + a_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
              System.out.println("\nYour message contains the letter 'e' " + e_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
              System.out.println("\nYour message contains the letter 'i' " + i_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
              System.out.println("\nYour message contains the letter 'o' " + o_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
              System.out.println("\nYour message contains the letter 'u' " + u_count + " times. Isn't that interesting?");
      
      	}
      }

      

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