hello everyone,
Ive been trying to alter strings and i am having a very difficult time altering the vlaue after i split them. i understand what i am doing when i split the input(String[] word = phrase.split(" ");), thanks to this site.. and how i am then able to alter the characters and positions such as "Character.toString(word[0].charAt(0)).toUpperCase()". However, anything further than this i am totally confused. For example. my homework requires me to retrieve the first letter of users 3 words and create an acronym. i have successfullly done this but wanted to display an error message if user enters less than or more than 3 words. i tried setting up some if and else statements but compiler slapped me and called me stupid. Also, once i split the words, is it possible to to capture the first letter for all the users input whether its 3 or 30 words?
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.lang.*;
public class ThreeLetterAcronym
{
public static void main(String []args)
{
String phrase = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter 3 words for me to program.");
String[] word = phrase.split(" ");
String acronym =
Character.toString(word[0].charAt(0)).toUpperCase() +
Character.toString(word[1].charAt(0)).toUpperCase() +
Character.toString(word[2].charAt(0)).toUpperCase() ;
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You chose: " + phrase + " . The acronym for the following is " + acronym);
}//checked on oracle's tutorials for splitting strings. this way seems way easier but having difficult setting error for anything above 3 words.
}
our class has not yet tackled splitting phrases,(which is why i am struggling but this way seems much more clean and simple) but if you could point me in right direction to research would be greatly appreciated.
