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Thread: having problems with my pig latin translator (the translating portion)

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    Unhappy having problems with my pig latin translator (the translating portion)

    import java.util.*;
     
    public class PigLatinTranslator
    {
    	public String translate (String sentence)
    	{
    		String result = "";
     
    		sentence = sentence.toLowerCase();
    		Scanner scan = new Scanner (sentence);
     
     
    		while (scan.hasNext())
    	{
    		result += translateWord (scan.next());
    		result += " ";
    	}
     
    	return result;
    }
     
     
    public boolean beginsWithVowel (String word)
    {
    	String vowels = "aeiou";
     
    	char letter = word.charAt(0);
     
    	return (vowels.indexOf(letter) != -1);
    }
     
     
    public String translateWord (String word)
    {
    	String result = "";
     
     
    	if (beginsWithVowel)               [B][U]// says "cannot find symbol - variable beginswithVowel[/U][/B]
    		result = word + "yay";
    	else
    	   if (beginsWithBlend (word))
    	       result = word.substring(2) + word.substring(0,2) + "ay";
    	    else
    		result = word.substring(1) + word.charAt(0) + "ay";
     
     
    	return result;
    }
     
     
     
    public boolean beginswithBlend (String word)
    {
    	return ( word.startsWith ("bl") || word.startsWith ("sc") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("br") || word.startsWith ("sh") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("ch") || word.startsWith ("sk") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("cl") || word.startsWith ("sl") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("cr") || word.startsWith ("sn") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("dr") || word.startsWith ("sm") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("dw") || word.startsWith ("sp") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("fl") || word.startsWith ("sq") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("fr") || word.startsWith ("st") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("gl") || word.startsWith ("sw") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("gr") || word.startsWith ("th") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("kl") || word.startsWith ("tr") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("ph") || word.startsWith ("tw") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("pl") || word.startsWith ("wh") ||
    		 word.startsWith ("pr") || word.startsWith ("wr") );
    	}
    }
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    Default Re: having problems with my pig latin translator (the translating portion)

    Please read the Welcome Announcement, as this provides instructions for how to format your code to make it much more readable.

    beginsWithVowel cannot be found because it is never defined, you must define the variable first (in this case as a boolean).

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    Default Re: having problems with my pig latin translator (the translating portion)

    Thank you, but i'm not sure where i should define this as a boolean, & im not too sure how. (Yes i'm a noob).

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    Default Re: having problems with my pig latin translator (the translating portion)

    Recommended reading: Java Variables and Methods

    After a closer look, it seems you wish to call the method beginsWithVowel ?

    if ( beginsWithVowel (word) )//
     
    or
     
    boolean beginsWithVowel  = beginsWithVowel (word);

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