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Java

Posted by Paul Yorde
Paul Yorde
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Java Basics Extra Credit

Submission for extra credit — Java Basics — refactored using contains and toLowerCase methods

import java.io.Console;

public class TreeStory {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        CharSequence badWord;
        String badWordsString = "jeezlouisefrigginheavenstobettsydagnabitgreatceasersghost";
        boolean isBadword = false;
        boolean isFlagged = false;
        do {
          badWord = console.readLine("enter a nice word: ").toLowerCase();
          if(badWord.length() == 0) {
            console.printf("Entry not detected: \n");
            isFlagged = true;
          }        
          try {
           isBadword = badWordsString.contains(badWord);          
           if(isBadword || isFlagged) console.printf("try again\n"); 
           isFlagged = false;
          } 
          catch(NullPointerException e) {
            console.printf("Entry not detected: System failure\n"); 
          }
          finally {
            // thread sync code
          }
        } while(isBadword);
    }
}