Word Frequency Counter Help

[the jaguar]

I need help making a word frequency counter that also gives percentages of the amount of time the character occured. I am having trouble compiling my program. Thanks.

import java.util.*;

public class GoodLetterCounter
 {
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      
     System.out.println("\n-This program will show how many times" +
                          " the character showed up in the string.-" );
                          
     
      System.out.println("");
     
     Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
      
      int charCount = 0;
      
      System.out.print("Please enter a string: ");
      String userString = keyboard.nextLine();
      System.out.print("Please enter a character that was in the string: ");
      char userChar = keyboard.nextLine().charAt(0);
      
      
                     
      for(int i= 0;i<userString.length();i++)
      {
              if (userString.charAt(i) == userChar)
                  {
                  charCount++;
                  }
      }
      System.out.println("\nThe character " +"\"" + userChar +
                          "\" appeared " + charCount+ " times." );   
      
      System.out.println("the frequency was" + charCount/userString + "%");           
                
    }
}

[Dukane]

The last line when you try to detemine the percentage, you are dividing a character by a String. You can't do that!

[Dukane]

You'll also notice that once you fix the bottom line, that you are doing integer division, so the result will be an integer -- either 0 or 1. You need to do floating point division in order to get a percentage. And you also forgot to multiply by 100.

Other than that, I was able to get the program working just fine.

[the jaguar]

The last line when you try to detemine the percentage, you are dividing a character by a String. You can't do that!

Is there a way that I can type cast it?

[the jaguar]

I found a way to fix my previous problem. But now I want to limit the decimal place to 2 places and make a variable for frequency.
Also instead of typing in one character to see its frequency, I want to see all letters occurence and frequencies and the program should stop when the user enters something other than a letter (no white space). Some how I keep getting compiler errors.
Thanks

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class GoodLetterCounter
 {
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      
     System.out.println("\n'This program will return how many times" +
                          " the character you entered showed up in" +
                          " the string you entered'.");
     
      System.out.println("");
     
     Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
      
      int charCount = 0;
      String userString = new String();
      float frequency = (charCount * 100/(userString.length()));
      
      do
        {
          
          
          System.out.print("Please enter a string: ");
          userString = keyboard.nextLine();
          
      
          System.out.print("Now enter a character from the string: ");
          char userChar = keyboard.nextLine().charAt(0);
         
          
                         
          for(int i= 0; i<userString.length();i++)
              {
                  if (userString.charAt(i) == userChar)
                      {
                      charCount++;
                      }
              }
          System.out.println("\nThe character " +"\"" + userChar +
                              "\" appeared " + charCount+ " times." );   
          
          System.out.println("The frequency was " + frequency + "%");           
          
          System.out.println(""); 
                              
         } while (userString.length() != 0);
    }
        
}

[the jaguar]

Sorry for the double post. I don't see a delete option.

[Dukane]

WHAT are the messages you are getting? Chances are it's telling you what the problem is!

[the jaguar]

WHAT are the messages you are getting? Chances are it's telling you what the problem is!

The compiler isn't giving me any errors now. But when I execute the program it says Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: /by zero

[Dukane]

Alright, so fix that problem and you should be good to go!

[the jaguar]

Alright, so fix that problem and you should be good to go!

I fixed it now, but its not so pretty. Plus I want to see all letters occurence and frequencies. I also the program should stop when the user enters something other than a letter (no white space) or "quit".

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class GoodLetterCounter
 {
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      
     System.out.println("\n'This program will return how many times" +
                          " the character you entered showed up in" +
                          " the string you entered'.");
     
      System.out.println("");
     
     //needed for scanner class
      Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
      
      double charCount = 0;
      String userString = new String();
            
      do
        {
          
          // get users string
          System.out.print("Please enter a string: ");
          userString = keyboard.nextLine();
          
          // get users character
          System.out.print("Now enter a character from the string: ");
          char userChar = keyboard.nextLine().charAt(0);
          // tell the user what the program does
          
                         
          for(int i= 0; i<userString.length();i++)
              {
                  if (userString.charAt(i) == userChar)
                      {
                      charCount++;
                      }
              }
          System.out.println("\nThe character " +"\"" + userChar +
                              "\" appeared " + charCount+ " times." );   
          
          System.out.println("The frequency was " 
                              + charCount * 100/(userString.length()) + "%");           
          
          System.out.println(""); 
                              
         } while (userString.length() != 0);
    }
        
}

[the jaguar]

I also need the char output to be upper case.

Now :

a:
5 times 5 times
25% frequency

What I need:

A:
5 times
25% frequency

I did the main thing, but now I want the program to end when the user enters a space or an invalid character. Is there anyway for me to stop at two decimal places? Any suggestions?

import java.util.*; // For Standard Input Scanner class
import java.text.*; // For decimal format DecimalFormat class

 
public class count {
 
     // Constants
    private final int MAX = 27;
    private int [] lower = new int [MAX];
 
    
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        // initialzes scanner and private instance variables/object
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 
        char current;
        final int MAX = 27;
        int [] lower = new int [MAX];
         int Spaces = 0;
 
 
    System.out.println("Enter a sentence:");
    String line = keyboard.nextLine (); 
    
    //converts the string into an int
    line = line.toLowerCase();
     
 
    //sets requirements for the array and if/else statements
    for (int ch = 0; ch < line.length(); ch++) 
     
        { 
        current = line.charAt(ch); 
            
            if (current >= 'a' && current <= 'z') 
                lower[current -'a']++; 
            else if (current == ' ') 
                Spaces ++; 
         } 
     
    System.out.println();
 
     
     //sets the requirement for the 2nd array and prints occurence
     //and the frequency (percent) 
    for (int letter = 0; letter < lower.length;letter++) 
    { 
         
    if (lower[letter]>0)
        {
 
     
        System.out.print((char)(letter + 'a')); 
        System.out.println();
        
        System.out.println("    count = " + lower[letter] );
        System.out.println("    percentage = " + 
                            (float)lower[letter] * 100/(line.length()) + "%");
        System.out.println(); 
        }
 
    } 
    
    //counts how many spaces
    System.out.println (); 
    System.out.println ("But had " + Spaces + " spaces: "); 
 
    
    }
}

[Dukane]

Keep in mind that a and A are two different chracters to the computer!