Thread: Pig Latin Translator

Hello BMN901, welcome to the Java Programming Forums

I remember Pig Latin from when I was at school. Good times!

The problem is with this piece of code:

result = PigLatinTranslator.translate (sentence);

You do not have the PigLatinTranslator.translate() method in your code.

You can fix it like this but you will need to add the translator code.

import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class PigLatin
{
    public static String translate(String sentance){
 
        //Translate code here
 
        return sentance;
 
    }
 
   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
      String sentence, result;
      Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in);
 
      System.out.println ("Please enter a sentence : ");
 
      while(scan.hasNext()){
         sentence = scan.nextLine();
         result = PigLatin.translate(sentence);
         System.out.println ("That sentence in Pig Latin is: ");
         System.out.println (result);
         System.out.println ("Please enter a sentence : ");
      }
 
   }
}

I run Java 1.6 so I have no idea if this will work with 1.4.2.

Originally Posted by BMN901

I thought import java.util.Scanner; was introduced in 1.5. The school computers use 1.4. I'm still get error's. I guess what I'm trying to ask is, is there an alternate to using the Scanner so I can make it run on 1.4?

Ah OK. How about http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...eamreader.html

I've updated my example for you to include the InputStreamReader instead of the Scanner class.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
public class PigLatin {
 
    /**
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     */
 
    public static String translate(String sentance) {
 
        // Translate code here
        return sentance;
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        PigLatin pig = new PigLatin();
 
        String sentence, result;
 
        try {
            InputStreamReader is = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(is);
            do {
                System.out.println("Please enter a sentence: ");
                sentence = br.readLine();
                result = pig.translate(sentence);
                System.out.println("That sentence in Pig Latin is: ");
                System.out.println(result);
            } while (!result.equals("y"));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}