macOS Java - Classifying by character type

[fBaran]

I'm using xCode (FYI). This program accepts input via JOptionPane.showInputDialog() and tells the user how many upper/lower case letters there were using a JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(). It repeats this process until the user types the word "Stop".

Here's my code

// 
//
import javax.swing.*;
public class Project0 {

    public static void main (String args[])
	{
        
		String line = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a line of text:");

      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your string contains "
                              + lowercaseCount(line)
                              + " lowercase letters.");

      System.exit(0);
   }

   public static int lowercaseCount(String line)
   {
      int count = 0;
      for ( int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++ )
      {
         char x = line.charAt(i);
         if ( x >= '65' && x <= '90' )
             count++;
      }
      return count;
		
    }
}

I get 6errors here, 4 Unclosed character literal, 1 ')' expected, and 1 "Command /Developer/jam failed with exit code 1

         if ( x >= '65' && x <= '90' )
             count++;

Any ideas? Once this part is done, the rest should be a snap, just a matter ading an else() to the loop...right? Thanks!

 

[mufflon]

import javax.swing.*;
public class Project0 {

public static void main (String args[]) {

	String line = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a line of text:");

	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your string contains "
	+ lowercaseCount(line)
	+ " lowercase letters.");
      [B]//System.exit(0)[/B]
}

public static int lowercaseCount(String line) {
	int count = 0;
	for ( int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++ ) {
		char x = line.charAt(i);
		if ( x >= '65' && x <= '90' ) [B]{[/B]
			count++;
		}
		

	}
	[B]return count;[/B]
}

(use the "code statement next time please)

late over here, but I've rectified the code, this is what I consider had to be fixed:
if: no starting {
return: missplaced (inside for loop)


and one more thing, shouldn't cause an error, but isn't needed -
no need to use System.exit(0) at the end of the main class - ends anyhow



Before you're 100% comfortable with java, use the easier javac in the terminal - tells you the issues, where and how - without the gui.
But I suppose everyone must have a choice 🙂

gl

edit: forgot a } myself - from the class - so add one more } and tab the rest of the code accordingly

 

[Eraserhead]

the command/developer.jam thing isn't an error, XCode just provides that to tell you that their is an error in your Code.

I would add {} in the if ( x >= '65' && x <= '90' )
count++; bit but they aren't strictly needed.

For future use, you use [ CODE ] and [/ CODE ] tags (without spaces) to show code.

Other than that the code looks fine though I've never done a Java GUI so the problem may lie there. Can you give the lines of the errors please?

 

[plinden]

Remove the quotes:

if (x >= 65 && x <= 90)

And you're counting upper case letters, not lower case. See http://www.lookuptables.com/

Also, take a look at Sun's Java code style conventions - I always try to get new developers to use them since it makes other people's code easier to understand if it follows roughly the same style.

And I second the suggestion to use the command line until you're comfortable enough with it. Only then, use an IDE.

Edit: One more thing - since 1.4, Java has been much better at this, but even now, if a string is longer than about 300 characters, it is faster to convert the string to a character array than use charAt:

public static int lowercaseCount(String line) {
    int count = 0;
    char[] chars = line.toCharArray();
    for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
        if ( char[i] >= 65 && char[i] <= 90 ) {
            count++;
       }
    }
    return count;
}

 

[fBaran]

Remove the quotes:

if (x >= 65 && x <= 90)

And you're counting upper case letters, not lower case. See http://www.lookuptables.com/

Also, take a look at Sun's Java code style conventions - I always try to get new developers to use them since it makes other people's code easier to understand if it follows roughly the same style.

D'oh! Thank you. I Googled "unclosed character literal" and I realized that I neglected to mention the reason for if (x >= 65 && x <= 90) was to compare each character to the ASCII value! In any case, I'm still getting this error

$ javac Project0.java
Project0.java:32: '}' expected
}
 ^
1 error

Here's my revised code:

import javax.swing.*;
public class Project0 {

public static void main (String args[]) {

	String line = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a line of text:");

	JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your string contains "
	+ uppercaseCount(line)
	+ " uppercase letters.");
      
}

public static int uppercaseCount(String line) {
	int count = 0;
	for ( int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++ ) {
		char x = line.charAt(i);
		if ( x >= 65 && x <= 90 ) {
			count++;
		return count;	
		}
	}
} //Line32. This is the error in the CODE listed above.

 

[plinden]

If you follow the convention of indenting your class internals by 4 spaces, ie. all methods and member declarations should be indented, you will see what's missing.

 

[dcv]

I'm still getting this error

$ javac Project0.java
Project0.java:32: '}' expected
}
 ^
1 error

Yeah you're still missing a closing } at the end

Here's my revised code:

import javax.swing.*;
public class Project0 [color=red]{[/color]

    public static void main (String args[]) {

	    String line = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a line of text:");

  	    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Your string contains "
 	    + uppercaseCount(line)
	    + " uppercase letters.");
      
    }

    public static int uppercaseCount(String line) {
        int count = 0;
 	   for ( int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++ ) {
		    char x = line.charAt(i);
		    if ( x >= 65 && x <= 90 ) {
                       count++;
		        return count;	
		    }
	    }
    } //Line32. This is the error in the CODE listed above.

[color=red]}[/color] //missing

 

[fBaran]

If you follow the convention of indenting your class internals by 4 spaces, ie. all methods and member declarations should be indented, you will see what's missing.

The needed '}' on line32 was the curly brace to close the Project0 class. That's done 🙂rolleyes: ), but I'm still missing a return statement on line32😕

Project0.java:32: missing return statement
        } //end uppercaseCount
        ^
1 error

 

[plinden]

The needed '}' on line32 was the curly brace to close the Project0 class. That's done 🙂rolleyes: ), but I'm still missing a return statement on line32😕

Project0.java:32: missing return statement
        } //end uppercaseCount
        ^
1 error

That's because you return count inside the if block ...

 

[fBaran]

That's because you return count inside the if block ...

Thank you so much! I'll be sure to bother you when I get my next assignment😀

 

[plinden]

You got this one for free. Next time I'll just be dropping hints.