Write a program that reads from the original script from Star War (A New Hope) a

Question

Write a program that reads from the original script from Star War (A New Hope) and finds the number of times the words, “force”, “wookiee”, “jabba”, and “death star” are used. This needs to be done in Java

First download the script here: http://bit.ly/1kp9dRp

It ignores case and punctuation

Wookiee would count

Wookiee. Would count

Wookiee! Would count

Wookiee? Would count

Wookiee, would count

WOOKIE, would count

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Example Dialog:

Scanning Star Wars

The number of times the word "Force" appears in Star Wars is 30

The number of times the word "Wookiee" appears in Star Wars is 19

The number of times the word "Jabba" appears in Star Wars is 16

The number of times the word "Death Star" appears in Star Wars is 224

Explanation / Answer

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import static java.lang.System.in;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Starwars {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        //Replace the path of the file in your computer below.
        File file = new File("C:\Users\Rajeev\Desktop\chegg\StarWarsNewHopeScript.txt");
        Scanner in = new Scanner(file);
        String word;
        int hat=0;
        int count1=0,count2=0,count3=0,count4=0;
        while (in.hasNext()) {
            word = in.next();
            word = word.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z ]", "").toLowerCase();
            if(word.contains("force"))
            {
                count1++;
                hat=0;
                //System.out.println(word);
            }
            else if(word.contains("wookiee"))
            {
                count2++;
                hat=0;
                //System.out.println(word);
            }
            else if(word.contains("jabba"))
            {
                count3++;
                hat =0;
                //System.out.println(word);
            }
            else if(word.contains("death"))
            {
                hat = 1;
                //System.out.println(word);
            }
            else if(word.contains("star") && hat==1)
            {
                count4++;
                hat=0;
                //System.out.println(word);
            }
            else
            {
                hat=0;
            }
          
        }
        System.out.println(count1);
        System.out.println(count2);
        System.out.println(count3);
        System.out.println(count4);
    }
}

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