CS173: Intro to Computer Science - Strings Revisited (3 Points)

Developed by Professor Tralie and Professor Mongan.

Exercise Goals

The goals of this exercise are:

1. To iterate over String variables and return part-way through the string iteration.

Implement the program below that converts a String to "Pig Latin" according to the rules at the bottom of the page.

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PigLatin.java

public class PigLatin { public static boolean isVowel(String input, int idx) { boolean result = false; if(input.toLowerCase().charAt(idx) == 'a' || input.toLowerCase().charAt(idx) == 'e' || input.toLowerCase().charAt(idx) == 'i' || input.toLowerCase().charAt(idx) == 'o' || input.toLowerCase().charAt(idx) == 'u') { result = true; } else { result = false; } return result; } public static int firstVowelLocation(String input) { /* TODO: fill this in. Return the index i corresponding to the first position at which input.charAt(i) is a vowel */ } public static String pigLatin(String input) { String result; int idx = firstVowelLocation(input); /* TODO: fill this in according to the two possibilities given in the rules at the bottom of the page. */ return result; } }

Driver.java

public class Driver { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.print(PigLatin.pigLatin("trash")); System.out.print("-"); System.out.print(PigLatin.pigLatin("pig")); System.out.print("-"); System.out.print(PigLatin.pigLatin("smile")); System.out.print("-"); System.out.print(PigLatin.pigLatin("egg")); } }

Driver.main(null);

Output

Rules

We will simplify the rules as follows:

• If a String starts with a vowel, simply append “yay” to the end of the String.
• Otherwise, modify the string so that all the letters of the String up to (but not including) the first vowel are moved to the end of the String. Then, append “ay” to the end of the resulting String.