Counting Alphabets not all characters!
An example on counting only alphabets in a string in Java.
Let's count!
/*
* Taken from gowtham.gutha.util.StringOps - Useful for performing String operations.
* Copyright (C) 2012 Gowtham Gutha. All Rights Reserved.
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// Import for Scanner class
import java.util.*;
class CountAlphabets
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
// Create Scanner object
Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);
// Read a string from user and store it in st
String st=s.nextLine();
// Intialize the variable 'count' to '0'
int count=0;
// Convert the given string into char array
char[] c=st.toCharArray();
// Loop till end of string
for(int i=0;i<st.length();i++)
{
// Get the ascii value of each character
int k=(int)c[i];
// Check if char lies in A-Z, a-z, go inside only if so..
if((k>=65)&&(k<=122)&&(!liesIn(k)))
{
// Increment the variable count
count++;
}
}
return count;
}
private static boolean liesIn(int k)
{
// If char ascii value lies between 90-96 (including 90,96), then return true
if((k>=90)&&(k<=96))
{
return true;
}
// Return false, if it does not contain chars with ascii values 90-96
else return false;
}
}
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