Alphabet

package alphabet;

public class Alphabet {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // java program that prints letters from 'a' to 'z'
        // vowels (including 'y') are identified to user, all others identified as constants

        // @ author Renee Waggoner

        // intializing
        char alph = 'a';

        // go all the way through the whole alphabet
        while(alph<='z')
        {
            // instructions for vowels in body of nested switch
            switch(alph) {
            case 'a':
                // identifying 'a' as a vowel, and so on for each case
                System.out.println('a' + " is a vowel");
                break;

            case 'e':
                System.out.println('e' + " is a vowel");
                break;

            case 'i':
                System.out.println('i' + " is a vowel");
                break;

            case 'o':
                System.out.println('o' + " is a vowel");
                break;

            case 'u':
                System.out.println('u' + " is a vowel");
                break;

            case 'y':
                System.out.println('y' + " is a vowel");
                break;

                // all other letters will be identified as constants
            default:
                System.out.println(alph + " is a constant");

            }
            // incrementing by one so that char doesn't get stuck in a never ending loop
            alph += 1;
        }
    }
}