Vowels

[Fubarable]

I'm sorry -- you do, and the numbers in your output seem to add up correctly.

Don't give up as you seem to be getting the hang of this.

[hockey101]

to be honest...i'm really not getting this. Im using the internet for ideas and then i take some of those ideas and mix them together. If it weren't for the internet....i would be screwed....

[hockey101]

ok....so now that everything adds up correctly...how on earth do I ask the user if they want to do another string of characters using the while loop???

[hockey101]

ok i created this palindrome tester from my book that uses a while loop and asks the user if they want to do another one.

while (left < right)
    	{
    		charLeft = str.charAt(left);
    		charRight = str.charAt(right);


    		if (charLeft == charRight)
    		{
    			left++;
    			right--;
    		}

    		else if (charLeft == ',' || charLeft == '.' ||
 charLeft == '-' || charLeft == ':' ||
 charLeft == ';' || charLeft == ' ')

    			left++;

    		else if (charRight == ',' || charRight == '.' ||
 charRight == '-' || charRight == ':' ||
 charRight == ';' || charRight == ' ')
    			right--;
    		else

    			break;

    	}

    System.out.println();


    	if (left < right)
    		System.out.println ("That string is NOT a palindrome.");
                		else

    		System.out.println ("That string IS a palindrome.");


        System.out.println();

    System.out.print ("Test another palindrome (y/n)? ");

    another = scan.nextLine();
    }

 }

But how would I use that with my my vowels program?

[hockey101]

Alright I think I got it now.....here it is
[CODE]
package vowels;


import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String strCount, another = "y";
int aCount=0, eCount=0, iCount=0, oCount=0, uCount=0, count = 0;
Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);

while (another.equalsIgnoreCase("y"))
{

System.out.println("Please Enter a string of characters: ");
strCount = scan.nextLine();


char vowels = 0;

for (count = 0; count < strCount.length(); count++)
{
vowels = strCount.charAt(count);

switch (vowels)
{

case 'a':
case 'A':
aCount++;
break;

case 'e':
case 'E':
eCount++;
break;


case 'i':
case 'I':
iCount++;
break;


case 'o':
case 'O':
oCount++;
break;


case 'u':
case 'U':
uCount++;
break;

}

}
System.out.println ("a: " + aCount);
System.out.println ("e: " + eCount);
System.out.println ("i: " + iCount);
System.out.println ("o: " + oCount);
System.out.println ("u: " + uCount);
System.out.println ("Other characters = " + (strCount.length() - (aCount + eCount + iCount + oCount + uCount)));
System.out.println ();
System.out.print ("Would you like to enter another string (y/n)? ");
another = scan.nextLine();

}
}
}
And here is the output.....

Please Enter a string of characters:
Hello there
a: 0
e: 3
i: 0
o: 1
u: 0
Other characters = 7

Would you like to enter another string (y/n)? y
Please Enter a string of characters:
My name is ryan
a: 2
e: 4
i: 1
o: 1
u: 0
Other characters = 7

Would you like to enter another string (y/n)? n
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 minute 25 seconds)

[hockey101]

Nevermind i didn't get it...ugh...................now the prob is that it is counting all the vowels and other characters from the previous string.........ugh........what do I need to do now!!?? x(

[Fubarable]

You need to remember that all that needs to be looped, needs to be inside of the loop. So either declare all of those variables inside of the loop at the beginning of the loop so that they are created anew each time the loop iterates, or create them before the loop as you are doing, but initialize them, set them to default values inside of the loop at the start of the loop.

You are making good progress, trust me. Keep this up and you will be one of the smart ones in your class.

[hockey101]

I thought I did intitalize them all???

[Fubarable]

I thought I did intitalize them all???

You do -- but the key is where do you initialize them? If you initialize them before the while loop, then they won't be reset with each iteration of the loop. If on the other hand you initialize them inside of the while loop, then the variables will be reset. So look at your code above (you may wish to fix the code tags too), and see where you initialize:

// do you initialize your variables here, before the while loop?

while (somethingIsTrue) {
   // or do you initialize them here inside and at the start of the while loop?

   // ..... the rest of the while loop code has been deleted for sake of brevity
}