word counter

[sixstringstrumr]

Hi, I'm pretty new to java and programming and need some help with a program. I am trying to write a program that counts the words and syllables in a document. I was browsing through the API, but was unable to find anything caled "Word counter." I also need something that can count the sentences. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!

Eben

[Ganon11]

You will need to do this yourself. You need to read in the file line by line and determine how many words are in that line.

[dmjpro]

Hi, I'm pretty new to java and programming and need some help with a program. I am trying to write a program that counts the words and syllables in a document. I was browsing through the API, but was unable to find anything caled "Word counter." I also need something that can count the sentences. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!

Eben

Have a look at this code.

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Don't spoonfeed code.

Jos

[JosAH]

@OP: For most West European languages the syllables part is extremely difficult
to implement. Are you sure you want that?

kind regards,

Jos

[sixstringstrumr]

Have a look at this code.

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Don't spoonfeed code.

Jos

Thanks! I'll check it out in the API.

[sixstringstrumr]

@OP: For most West European languages the syllables part is extremely difficult
to implement. Are you sure you want that?

kind regards,

Jos

Yes, unfortunately, I pretty much have to count the syllables. It goes into a formula to determine the "readabilit y" of a document. Thanks!

[Ganon11]

Yes, unfortunately, I pretty much have to count the syllables. It goes into a formula to determine the "readabilit y" of a document. Thanks!

From what I remember of that assignment (and, yes, I did this assignment 2 years ago) there was some sort of 'shortcut' you were to use to count syllables. Something like - a word has a syllable for every vowel group you find separated by a consonant group. So "solid" has two syllables (an 'o' and an 'i' separated by an 'l'), "read" has one syllable ('ea' in one group), and "dreading" has two syllables ('ea' and 'i' separated by a 'd').

[JosAH]

From what I remember of that assignment (and, yes, I did this assignment 2 years ago) there was some sort of 'shortcut' you were to use to count syllables. Something like - a word has a syllable for every vowel group you find separated by a consonant group. So "solid" has two syllables (an 'o' and an 'i' separated by an 'l'), "read" has one syllable ('ea' in one group), and "dreading" has two syllables ('ea' and 'i' separated by a 'd').

That 'shortcut' or 'heuristic' isn't perfect; counter example: "reappear".

kind regards,

Jos ( <--- nitpicker ;-)

[Ganon11]

That 'shortcut' or 'heuristic' isn't perfect; counter example: "reappear".

kind regards,

Jos ( <--- nitpicker ;-)

Yes, and that's why it's a shortcut, not a surefire thing. But remember, this assignment is supposed to be teaching programming, not grammar.

[JosAH]

Yes, and that's why it's a shortcut, not a surefire thing. But remember, this assignment is supposed to be teaching programming, not grammar.

Syllables don't have much to do with grammar; it's more like a lexicology or
even phonetics thingy. But since it's a programming exercise I keep my mouth
shut about it ;-)

kind regards,

Jos

ps. @OP: pst! regular expressions are your friend here if you want to implement
that heuristic ... ;-)

[CodeTilYaDrop]

If you were in class the day the assignment was given, I remember the teacher saying something about an example of this code is in the last chapter we went over to our group.