syllableCount

/**counts the syllables *josh wang *twelve october anno domini two-thousand seventeen * *a syllable is a vowel sound (or diphthong) with its surrounding consonants *a raspberry is a very tart fruit *a sosig is not a fruit * *this accounts for silent "e"s at the end of words, but not if they are in the middle of words, such as in "advertisement" or "likely" */ import java.util.*; public class syllableCount{ String[] words = {"cat", "hello", "world", "tennis", "episcopal", "count", "learn", "denise", "state", "statement", "fruit", "calculation", "spite", "spiteful", "reservation", "late", "lately", "extreme", "expensive"}; //19 elements String[] vowels = {"a","e","i","o","u"}; public syllableCount(){ doTheThing(); } public void doTheThing(){ for(int i = 0;i < words.length;i++){//cycles through each word int syl = 0; String[] word = words[i].split("(?!^)"); for(int m = 0;m < word.length;m++){//cycles through each letter boolean yVowel = false; for(int j = 0;j < 5;j++){//checks with each vowel boolean vowel = false; if(word[m].equals(vowels[j]) == true){//checks for vowel syl++; vowel = true; } for(int n = 0;n < 5;n++){//checks if previous letter was a vowel if(m > 0 && word[m-1].equals(vowels[n]) == true && vowel == true){ syl--; } } if(word[m].equals("y") == true){//checks if the letter after y is a vowel if(m < word.length - 2 && word[m+1].equals(vowels[j]) == false){ yVowel = false; }else yVowel = true; } } if(yVowel == true)//if letter after y is not a vowel, y is a vowel syl++; } if(word[word.length-1].equals("e") == true)//if the last letter is an e, it does not count as a syllable syl--; System.out.println(syl + " " + words[i]); } } }