assignment4

labs/lab5/FOR LOOP & SWITCH-CASE.txt

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+//FOR LOOP & SWITCH-CASE
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class Count
+{
+    public static void main (String[] args)
+    {
+        String phrase;    // a string of characters
+        int countBlank;   // the number of blanks (spaces) in the phrase
+        int countA;       // the number of 'a' and 'A'
+        int countE;       // the number of 'e' and 'E'
+        int countS;       // the number of 's' and 'S'
+        int countT;       // the number of 't' and 'T'
+        int length;       // the length of the phrase
+        char ch;          // an individual character in the string
+        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+        // Print a program header
+        System.out.println ();
+        System.out.println("Character Counter");
+        System.out.println();
+
+        // Outer while loop to keep asking for phrases until "quit"
+        while (true) {
+            System.out.print("Enter a sentence or phrase (or type 'quit' to exit): ");
+            phrase = scan.nextLine();
+
+            // Exit if user types "quit"
+            if (phrase.equalsIgnoreCase("quit")) {   // Capital-lower letter ignore
+                break;
+            }
+
+            // Initialize counts for each new phrase
+            countBlank = 0;
+            countA = 0;
+            countE = 0;
+            countS = 0;
+            countT = 0;
+
+            // Get the length of the phrase
+            length = phrase.length();
+
+            // Loop through each character in the phrase
+            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                ch = phrase.charAt(i); // get character at position i
+
+                // Use switch statement to count occurrences of specific characters
+                switch (ch) {
+                    case 'a':
+                    case 'A':
+                        countA++;
+                        break;
+                    case 'e':
+                    case 'E':
+                        countE++;
+                        break;
+                    case 's':
+                    case 'S':
+                        countS++;
+                        break;
+                    case 't':
+                    case 'T':
+                        countT++;
+                        break;
+                    case ' ':
+                        countBlank++;  // count spaces
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        // Do nothing for other characters
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Print the results
+            System.out.println();
+            System.out.println("Number of blank spaces: " + countBlank);
+            System.out.println("Number of 'a'/'A': " + countA);
+            System.out.println("Number of 'e'/'E': " + countE);
+            System.out.println("Number of 's'/'S': " + countS);
+            System.out.println("Number of 't'/'T': " + countT);
+            System.out.println();
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Goodbye!"); // Print a goodbye message when exiting
+    }
+}