Write a program that reads a book using next(); (you will need to use a file loo

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Write a program that reads a book using next(); (you will need to use a file loop)

and counts how many occurances match a particular word.

(you will need to use the equalsIgnoreCase string method.)

Ask the user what word to count before the loop starts.




here is a sample run:

What word do you want to count?
the
34253 matches to the were found

Explanation / Answer

import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class Counter { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); String fileName; String word; File file; Scanner reader; int count = 0; System.out.print("Enter a file name to read: "); fileName = keyboard.next(); System.out.print("Enter a word you wish to count: "); word = keyboard.next(); if (fileName.length() > 3) { file = new File(fileName); try { reader = new Scanner(file); while (reader.hasNext()) { if (reader.next().equalsIgnoreCase(word)) count++; } System.out.println(count + " matches to " + word + " were found."); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getStackTrace()); } } } }

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