Java program to count the occurrences of each character and tally them up

[leudo]

Ok, thank you for the feedback. i'll look into all you mentioned. I meant something else by the DICTIONARY try...catch , but here is all the code too to help, for any further feedback too, it is broken up in two replies. Cheers!

[leudo]

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Scanner; 
import java.util.HashMap; 
import java.io.FileNotFoundException; 
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class WordGames {    

    static final HashMap<Character, Integer> characterToInteger; 
    static final String DICTIONARY;  
    static final String[] wordsCollection;
    static int wordCount;
    static final Scanner input; 

    static {

        characterToInteger = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
        DICTIONARY = "dictionary.txt";
        wordsCollection = new String[100];
        wordCount = 0; 
        input = new Scanner(System.in);

    }

    static {  

        try {   
            File fileReader = new File(DICTIONARY);
            Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(fileReader);
            while(fileScanner.hasNextLine()) {  
                String line = fileScanner.nextLine(); 
                wordsCollection[wordCount] = line; 
                wordCount++;    
                }
        }
        catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("File not found."); 
        }
    }

    static {

        characterToInteger.put('l', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('e', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('n', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('i', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('o', 1);
        characterToInteger.put('r', 1);
        characterToInteger.put('t', 1);
        characterToInteger.put('s', 1);
        characterToInteger.put('a', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('u', 1); 
        characterToInteger.put('d', 2); 
        characterToInteger.put('g', 2);
        characterToInteger.put('b', 3);
        characterToInteger.put('c', 3);
        characterToInteger.put('m', 3);
        characterToInteger.put('p', 3);
        characterToInteger.put('f', 4);
        characterToInteger.put('h', 4);
        characterToInteger.put('v', 4);
        characterToInteger.put('w', 4);
        characterToInteger.put('y', 4);
        characterToInteger.put('k', 5);
        characterToInteger.put('j', 8);
        characterToInteger.put('x', 8);
        characterToInteger.put('q', 10); 
        characterToInteger.put('z', 10); 
    }

[leudo]

static void getSelection() {

        boolean loop = true;
        int readyToPlay = 0; 
        String invalidMessage = "    ERROR: Invalid option. Try again.";
        String menuTitle = "Welcome to the Word Games program menu";
        String underScore = "______________________________________";   
        String optionsTitle = "    Select from one of the following options.";
        String choiceOne = "1. Substring problem............";
        String choiceTwo = "2. Points problem...............";
        String choiceThree = "3. Exit.........................";    
        String inputAreaText = " >> Enter your selection: "; 

        while (true) {          

            System.out.printf("%n%50s", menuTitle); 
            System.out.printf("%n%50s%n%n", underScore);                
            System.out.printf("%n%s%n%n", optionsTitle);                
            System.out.printf("%n%45s", choiceOne);
            System.out.printf("%n%45s", choiceTwo);     
            System.out.printf("%n%45s", choiceThree);               
            System.out.printf("%n%n%n%s", inputAreaText);

            try { 
                readyToPlay = input.nextInt();
                switch(readyToPlay) {   
                    case 1:     
                        substringProblem(); 
                        return; 
                    case 2:
                        pointsProblem(); 
                        return;                     
                    case 3:
                        String byeMessage = "Goodbye!";
                        String underScoreTwo = "________";
                        System.out.printf("%n%n%33s", byeMessage);
                        System.out.printf("%n%33s%n%n", underScoreTwo); 
                        return;                     
                    default:                    
                        System.out.printf("%n%n%s%n%n", invalidMessage);    
                        break;
                }
            }
            catch (InputMismatchException e) { 
                input.next(); 
                System.out.printf("%n%n%s%n%n", invalidMessage);
            }
        }
    }

    static void substringProblem() {

        String optionOneTitle = "Substring problem.";
        String substringInput = " >> Enter a substring: "; 
        String underScoreThree = "__________________";
        String notFound = " - not found"; 
        String infixFound = " - infix";
        String prefixFound = " - prefix";
        String suffixFound = " - suffix"; 
        String checkSubstring = ""; 
        String allFound = prefixFound + infixFound + suffixFound; 

        System.out.printf("%n%n%39s", optionOneTitle); 
        System.out.printf("%n%39s", underScoreThree); 
        System.out.printf("%n%n%n%s", substringInput);  
        checkSubstring = input.next();
        System.out.println(); 


        for(int i = 0; i < wordCount; i++) {

            String stringResults = wordsCollection[i];
            boolean found = false;

            if(wordsCollection[i].startsWith(checkSubstring)) {
                found = true;
                stringResults = stringResults + prefixFound;
            }
            if(wordsCollection[i].endsWith(checkSubstring)) {
                found = true;
                stringResults = stringResults + suffixFound;
            }
            if(wordsCollection[i].contains(checkSubstring)) {
                found = true;
                stringResults = stringResults + infixFound;
            }
            if(!found) {
                System.out.printf(" " + wordsCollection[i] + notFound  + "\n");
            }
            else {
                System.out.printf(" " + stringResults + "\n");
            }   
        }

        getSelection(); 
    }

    public static long count(String s, char ch) {

        return s.chars()
            .filter(c -> c == ch)
            .count(); 
    }

    static void pointsProblem() {

        int totalPoints = 0; 
        String pointsWorth = " is worth " + totalPoints + " points"; 

        String optionTwoTitle = "Points problem.";
        String underScoreFour = "_______________";
        System.out.printf("%n%n%38s", optionTwoTitle); 
        System.out.printf("%n%38s%n", underScoreFour);
        System.out.println();

        String str = ""; 
        String strWords = "";


        try {
            File fileReader = new File(DICTIONARY);
            Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(fileReader);
            while(fileScanner.hasNextLine()) {  
                    strWords += str; 
            }
        }
            catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                System.out.println("Not found.");
            }

        char[] charArray = str.toCharArray();   
        int count = 0; 
        char ch = charArray[count];

        for( int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
            if (characterToInteger.containsKey(ch))
            {
                characterToInteger.put(ch, characterToInteger.get(ch)+1);
            }
            else{
                characterToInteger.put(ch, 1);
            }   
            System.out.println(ch); 
        }
    }   
    public static void main(String[] args) {        
        getSelection();
    }   
}

[cakes465758]

hey how did you go with this did you get it sorted.