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Thread: how to search for upper/lower case using string using JAVA!!!?

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    Default how to search for upper/lower case using string using JAVA!!!?

    -I am trying to write a program that will examine each letter in the string and count how many time the upper-case letter 'E' appears, and how many times the lower-case letter 'e' appears.

    -I also have to use a JOptionPane.showMessageDialog() to tell the user how many upper and lower case e's were in the string.

    -This will be repeated until the user types the word "Stop".

    please help if you can
    what i have so far:

     
    public class Project0 {
     
    	public static void main(String[] args) {
     
    		String[] uppercase = {'E'};
    		String[] lowercase = {'e'};
    		String isOrIsNot, inputWord;
     
    		while (true) {
    			// This line asks the user for input by popping out a single window
    			// with text input
    			inputWord = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a sentence");
     
    			if ( inputWord.equals("stop") )
    				System.exit(0);
     
    			// if the inputWord is contained within uppercase or 
    			// lowercase return true
    			if (wordIsThere(inputWord, lowercase)) 
    				isOrIsNot = "Number of lower case e's: "; 
     
    			if (wordIsThere(inputword, uppercase))
    	 			isOrIsNot = "number of upper case e's: ";
     
    			// Output to a JOptionPane window whether the word is on the list or not
    			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The word " + inputWord + " " + isOrIsNot + " on the list.");
    		}
    	} //main
     
    	public static boolean wordIsThere(String findMe, String[] theList) {
    		for (int i=0; i<theList.length; ++i) {
    			if (findMe.equals(theList[i])) return true;
    		}
     
    		return false;
    	} // wordIsThere
    } // class Lab4Program1


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    Default Re: how to search for upper/lower case using string using JAVA!!!?

    Your post is basically "Here's my code, fix it for me because I'm lazy".

    If you want help then ask a specific question.

    BTW creating an array to hold a single value is a waste of resources.
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    Default Re: how to search for upper/lower case using string using JAVA!!!?

    Also posted at How to search for upper/lower case using string in JAVA!!!? - Dev Shed
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