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Java program to count the number of consonants in a given sentence
To count the number of consonants in a given sentence:
- Read a sentence from the user.
- Create a variable (count) initialize it with 0;
- Compare each character in the sentence with the characters {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' } If match doesn't occurs increment the count.
- Finally print count.
Example
import java.util.Scanner;
public class CountingConsonants {
public static void main(String args[]){
int count = 0;
System.out.println("Enter a sentence :");
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
String sentence = sc.nextLine();
for (int i=0 ; i<sentence.length(); i++){
char ch = sentence.charAt(i);
if(ch == 'a' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'i' || ch == 'o' || ch == 'u' ){
System.out.print("");
}else if(ch != ' '){
count++;
}
}
System.out.println("Number of consonants in the given sentence is "+count);
}
}Output
Enter a sentence : Hi hello how are you welcome to tutorialspoint Number of consonants in the given sentence is 21
Updated on: 13-Mar-2020
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