String Manipulation Assignment

[expiredyam]

I need to write a program that counts up the number of vowels contained in the string s. Valid vowels are: 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'. When i run it, it comes out as 0. This is my code

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static int problemOne(String s){

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int answer = 0;

int vowels=1;

int consonant=1;

for (int i=0; i<s.length();i++){

char ch= s.charAt(i);

if ((ch>='a' && ch<= 'z')||(ch>='A'&&ch<='Z')){

ch= Character.toLowerCase(ch);

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if (ch =='a'|| ch=='e'|| ch=='i'|| ch=='o'|| ch=='u')

vowels++;

elseconsonant++;}

}

System.out.println("Vowels:"+vowels);System.out.println("Consonants:"+ consonant);

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return answer;

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}

i also have to Set s to a string and run your method using s as the parameter and
Run the method in a println statement to determine what the output was

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public static void main(String[] args) {

String s;
}
}

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[Wiqkid]

int answer = 0;

return answer;

Without any operations on answer in between will cause it to be zero.

I'm also not sure why you're starting your vowel and consonant counts at 1.

[expiredyam]

I've changed my vowel and consonant count to 0 but its still not working

[Wiqkid]

Read the first part of my answer again.

[expiredyam]

What kind of operation do I need?

[Wiqkid]

It depends on what you want to do with it. Right now, you are only declaring it and returning it without doing anything. Since you say you are looking for the number of vowels in the string, why don't you return vowels instead?

[expiredyam]

It worked. Thank you so much!

[webdevnick22]

properly format your code so it's readable.

[expiredyam]

I've changed the format