PigLatin.java

public class PigLatin {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String phrase = "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain but the ants in France stay mainly on the plants", completed = " ";
        String[] words = phrase.split(" ");
        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
            words[i] = words[i].toLowerCase();
            completed += createPigLatin(words[i]) + " ";
        }
        // test = test.toLowerCase();
        // System.out.println(createPigLatin(test));
        System.out.println("The original phrase: " + phrase);
        System.out.println("Pig Latin: " + completed);
    }

    public static String createPigLatin(String word) {
        String result, firstPart = "", secondPart = "";
        char charCheck = word.charAt(0);

        if (charCheck == 'a' || charCheck == 'e' || charCheck == 'i'
                || charCheck == 'o' || charCheck == 'u') {
            result = word + "-yay";
        } else {
            for (int i = 0; charCheck != 'a' && charCheck != 'e'
                    && charCheck != 'i' && charCheck != 'o' && charCheck != 'u'; i++) {
                firstPart = word.substring(0, i);
                secondPart = word.substring(i);
                charCheck = word.charAt(i);
            }
            result = secondPart + "-" + firstPart + "ay";
        }

        return result;
    }
}