Pig Latin Translate APP

import java.util.Scanner;

/* * Author: Piano Hagens

* Feb 21st, 2017

*/

public class PigLatinTranslateAPP {

//Parse the string into separate words before translating

public static String removeContractions(String words){

if (words.equals("can't")){

words = words.replace("can't", "cannot");

}else if(words.equals("won't")){

words = words.replace("won't", "will not");

}else if(words.equals("don't")){

words = words.replace("don't", "do not");

}else if(words.equals("shouldn't")){

words = words.replace("shouldn't", "should not");

}

return words;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

// TODO Auto-generated method stub

//Display a welcome messages

System.out.println("Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator");

       System.out.println();        

       //create a scanner to capture user input

       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);        

       String choice = "y";        

    //Ask the user want to play?   

      System.out.println("Translate a sentence to Pig Latin? (y/n):  ");        

       //create a loop so to designed play the app or not

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

        choice = sc.nextLine();

        System.out.println();        

        // Get word to translate from the user.

           System.out.print("Please enter a sentence to translate into Pig Latin: ");            

           String line = sc.nextLine();

           String[] words = line.split(" ");            

           line = line.toLowerCase();  // convert to lower case         

        // Determine whether the first character in word is a vowel

           char firstChar = line.charAt(0);  // First index is 0

           String vowels = "aeiouy";            

        // If firstChar is a vowel then indexOf will return at which index

        // it appears in the String vowels, otherwise it returns -1

           int vowelIndex = vowels.indexOf(firstChar);  

           boolean firstIsVowel = (vowelIndex >= 0);             

        // Print out the word in Pig Latin           

           System.out.print("\n\"" + line + "\" in Pig Latin is ");

         if (firstIsVowel) { // \n is newline character// \" is double quote character

               System.out.println("\"" + line + "way\"");

           }

           else { // first character is consonant, assuming it is a letter

               String restOfWord = line.substring(1); // all but first character

               System.out.println("\"" + restOfWord + "-" + firstChar + "ay\"");

           }            

            //see if the user want to play again   

              System.out.println("Translate another line? (y/n):  ");  

            choice = sc.nextLine();

            System.out.println();

       }

       //close scanner and Bye

       sc.close();

       System.out.println("Bye");

}

}

import java.util.Scanner;

/* * Author: Piano Hagens

* Feb 21st, 2017

*/

public class PigLatinTranslateAPP {

//Parse the string into separate words before translating

public static String removeContractions(String words){

if (words.equals("can't")){

words = words.replace("can't", "cannot");

}else if(words.equals("won't")){

words = words.replace("won't", "will not");

}else if(words.equals("don't")){

words = words.replace("don't", "do not");

}else if(words.equals("shouldn't")){

words = words.replace("shouldn't", "should not");

}

return words;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

// TODO Auto-generated method stub

//Display a welcome messages

System.out.println("Welcome to the Pig Latin Translator");

       System.out.println();        

       //create a scanner to capture user input

       Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);        

       String choice = "y";        

    //Ask the user want to play?   

      System.out.println("Translate a sentence to Pig Latin? (y/n):  ");        

       //create a loop so to designed play the app or not

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

        choice = sc.nextLine();

        System.out.println();        

        // Get word to translate from the user.

           System.out.print("Please enter a sentence to translate into Pig Latin: ");            

           String line = sc.nextLine();

           String[] words = line.split(" ");            

           line = line.toLowerCase();  // convert to lower case         

        // Determine whether the first character in word is a vowel

           char firstChar = line.charAt(0);  // First index is 0

           String vowels = "aeiouy";            

        // If firstChar is a vowel then indexOf will return at which index

        // it appears in the String vowels, otherwise it returns -1

           int vowelIndex = vowels.indexOf(firstChar);  

           boolean firstIsVowel = (vowelIndex >= 0);             

        // Print out the word in Pig Latin           

           System.out.print("\n\"" + line + "\" in Pig Latin is ");

         if (firstIsVowel) { // \n is newline character// \" is double quote character

               System.out.println("\"" + line + "way\"");

           }

           else { // first character is consonant, assuming it is a letter

               String restOfWord = line.substring(1); // all but first character

               System.out.println("\"" + restOfWord + "-" + firstChar + "ay\"");

           }            

            //see if the user want to play again   

              System.out.println("Translate another line? (y/n):  ");  

            choice = sc.nextLine();

            System.out.println();

       }

       //close scanner and Bye

       sc.close();

       System.out.println("Bye");

}

}