//a simple program that takes in a string of characters, and displays the scores of 5 players based off of that string.
public class Tally {

	// create an array to store the scores of each of the five players. initialize
	// the scores to 0 for each person.
	private int friendScores[] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };

	// a function that selects a score increment or decrement based on the character
	// passed to it.
	public void selectAction(char initial) {
		switch (initial) {

		case 'a':
			friendScores[0]++;
			break;
		case 'b':
			friendScores[1]++;
			break;
		case 'c':
			friendScores[2]++;
			break;
		case 'd':
			friendScores[3]++;
			break;
		case 'e':
			friendScores[4]++;
			break;
		case 'A':
			friendScores[0]--;
			break;
		case 'B':
			friendScores[1]--;
			break;
		case 'C':
			friendScores[2]--;
			break;

		case 'D':
			friendScores[3]--;
			break;

		case 'E':
			friendScores[4]--;
			break;

		}
	}

	// count iterates through the entire string and will increment/decrement scores
	// based on the character chain read.
	public void count(String chain) {
		for (int i = 0; i < chain.length(); i++) {
			selectAction(chain.charAt(i));
		}
	}

	public void displayScores() {

		for (int i = 0; i < friendScores.length; i++)

			System.out.println("Person: " + (i + 1) + "'s score is: " + friendScores[i]);

	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Tally tl = new Tally();
		tl.count("dbbaCEDbdAacCEAadcB");
		tl.displayScores();

	}
}