import java.util.Scanner; // Needed for the scanner class
/**
Chapter 2
Programming Challenge
*/
public class Wordgame
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String name; //The user's name
String age; //The user's age
String city; //The name of a city
String College; //The name of a college
String Profession; //A profession
String animal; //A type of animal
String petName; //A pet's name
// Create a Scanner object for keyboard input.
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
// Get the user's name.
System.out.print ("Enter your name; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get the user's age
System.out.print ("Enter your age; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get the name of a city.
System.out.println ("Enter the name of a city; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get the name of a College.
System.out.println ("Enter the name of a college; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get a Profession
System.out.println ("Enter profession; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get a type of animal.
System.out.println ("Enter name of an animal; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Get a pet name.
System.out.println ("Enter a pet name; ");
name = keyboard.nextLine();
// Display the "Story."
System.out.println("There once was a person named" + name +
" who lived in " + city + ". At the age of ");
System.out.println( age + ", " + name + "went to college at" +
College + ", " + name.toUpperCase() + " graduated and went to live to ");
System.out.println("work as a" + Profession.toLowerCase () + ". Then, " + name +
" adopted a(n) " + animal + " named " + petName);
System.out.println("they lived hapilly ever after!");
}
}
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