Character Counter

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/* ----------This program was made by Orion Schyberg--------- */
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/* This program takes an inputed word, and tells you what     */
/* characters are what in the inputed string. When you enter  */
/* the kill statement (9999), the system prints out the total */
/* number of characters that were inputed. It classifies the  */
/* characters as vowels, punctuation marks, consonants,       */
/* spaces, or other characters (this means it takes anything  */
/* character related)                                         */
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package lab2;
import java.util.*;
//Importing the utility for the scanner
public class Lab2 {
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        //Loads scanner
        String word = "a";
        //Base word
        int v = 0, c = 0, p = 0, o = 0, s = 0;
        //The counters for the characters
        int vsum = 0, psum = 0, ssum = 0, csum = 0, osum = 0;
        //Overall character counters
        int counter = 0;
        //This is a counter used for the int ch, and also as a regulator for the counter while loop
        int stop = 0;
        //Overall regulator

        while(stop != 1) {
            //Unless stop = 1, this continues
            System.out.println("Welcome to the Character Counter Game!");
            System.out.print("To play, enter a word (Type '9999' to exit the program): ");
            word = scan.nextLine();
            //This changes the string in word to the inputed sentence/string/whatever
            int ch = word.charAt(counter);
            //The character at the counter
            if(word.length() == 4 && word.contains("9999")) {
                stop++;
                break;
                //This is the killcode, which stops everything if '9999' gets inputed, but only if '9999' is put in
                //This means you could put in  '9 9 9 9' or '9191919'
            }
            while(counter != word.length()){
                //While the counter is less than the word length, this string loops
                word = word.toLowerCase();
                //This keeps things organized
                ch = word.charAt(counter);
                if(ch == 'a'||ch == 'e'||ch == 'i'||ch == 'o'||ch == 'u'){
                    //Vowel checker - Checks for vowels at the current character, and if there are, it adds to the vowel counters
                    v++;
                    vsum++;
                    counter++;
                }
                else if(ch == ' '){
                    //Space checker - Checks for spaces at the current character, and if there are, it adds to the space counters
                    s++;
                    ssum++;
                    counter++;
                }
                else if(ch == '!'||ch == '?'||ch == '.'||ch == ','||ch == ':'||ch == '-'||ch == ';'||ch == '('||ch == ')'||ch == '['||ch == ']'||ch == '{'||ch == '}'||ch == (char)39){
                    //Punctuation checker - Checks for standard punctuation marks at the current character, and if there are, it adds to the punctuation counters
                    p++;
                    psum++;
                    counter++;
                }
                else if(ch == 'b'||ch == 'c'||ch == 'd'||ch == 'f'||ch == 'g'||ch == 'h'||ch == 'j'||ch == 'k'||ch == 'l'||ch == 'm'||ch =='n'||ch == 'p'|| ch == 'q'||ch == 'r'||ch == 's'||ch == 't'||ch == 'v'||ch == 'w'||ch == 'x'||ch == 'y'||ch == 'z'){
                    //Consonant checker - Checks for consonants at the current character, and if there are, it adds to the consonant counters
                    c++;
                    csum++;
                    counter++;
                }
                else{
                    //Throws everything else into the other counters
                    o++;
                    osum++;
                    counter++;
                    }
                }
                    System.out.println("\nNumber of vowels: " +v);
                    //Newline, prints out the number of vowels in the string
                    System.out.println("Number of consonants: " +c);
                    //Prints out the number of consonants in the string
                    System.out.println("Number of spaces: " +s);
                    //Prints out the number of spaces in the string
                    System.out.println("Number of punctuation marks: " +p);
                    //Prints out the number of other characters in the string
                    System.out.println("number of other characters: " +o+ "\n");
                    //Prints out the number of other characters in the string, creates a blank line
                    v = 0;
                    c = 0;
                    s = 0;
                    p = 0;
                    o = 0;
                    word = null;
                    counter = 0;
                    //These reset the ints and string back to the default, loops back
            }
                //Now after the kill-code gets inputed
                System.out.println("\nTotal number of vowels: " +vsum);
                //New line, prints out the total number of vowels counted
                System.out.println("Total number of consonants: " +csum);
                //Prints out the total number of consonants counted
                System.out.println("Total number of spaces: " +ssum);
                //Prints out the total number of spaces counted
                System.out.println("Total number of punctuation marks: " +psum);
                //Prints out the total number of punctuation marks counted
                System.out.println("Total number of other characters: " +osum);
                //Prints out the total number of other characters counted
                System.out.println("Thanks for playing!");
                //Polite exit statement
    }
}