Texting Translator
(JAVA)
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Texting Translator
- For this assignment, we are going to work with adding and removing data from arrays, linear search, and File I/O.
- This program will act as a texting to English converter
- This program will read a file containing a list of abbreviations used in texting and another file with their English translations.
- The abbreviations and translations need to be stored in two separate but parallel arrays (Links to an external site.).
- Open up two new text files inside of Eclipse:
- Name these text files abbreviations.txt and translations.txt
Copy and paste the following list of names into your abbreviations.txt file:
4
cu
ikr
k
l8
l8r
lmk
m8
nvm
r
smh
u
ur
wu
Copy and paste the following list of translations into your translations.txt file:
for
see you
I know right?
okay
late
later
let me know
mate
never mind
are
shaking my head
you
you are
what's up?
Starter Code
/**
* @author
* @author
* CIS 36B
*/
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
public class TextTrans {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Welcome to the Texting Translator!");
System.out.println("\nGoodbye!");
}
/**
* Inserts a String element into an array at a specified index
* @param array the list of String values
* @param numElements the current number of elements stored
* @indexToInsert the location in the array to insert the new element
* @param newValue the new String value to insert in the array
*/
public static void insert(String array[], int numElements,
int indexToInsert, String newValue) {
}
/**
* Removes a String element from an array at a specified index
* @param array the list of String values
* @param numElements the current number of elements stored
* @param indexToRemove where in the array to remove the element
*/
public static void remove(String array[], int numElements, int indexToRemove) {
return;
}
/**
* Prints parallel arrays of Strings to a file
* @param names the list of abbreviations
* @param translations the list of corresponding translations
* @param numElements the current number of elements stored
* @param file the file name
*/
public static void printFile(String[] abbreviations, String[] translations,
int numElements, String file) throws IOException {
return;
}
/**
* Searches for a specified String in a list
* @param array the array of Strings
* @param value the String to serach for
* @param numElements the number of elements in the list
* @return the index where value is located in the array
*/
public static int linearSearch(String array[], String value, int numElements) {
return -1;
}
}
Sample Output
Welcome to the Texting Translator!
Below are the texting abbreviations:
0. 4
1. cu
2. ikr
3. k
4. l8
5. l8r
6. lmk
7. m8
8. nvm
9. r
10. smh
11. u
12. ur
13. wu
Please enter a menu option (A, R, S, X) below:
A. Add an Abbreviation
R. Remove an Abbreviation
S. Search for a Translation
X. Exit
Please enter your choice: A
Enter the abbreviation: rofl
Enter the position at which to add rofl: 10
Enter the translation of rofl: rolling on the floor laughing
Below are the texting abbreviations:
0. 4
1. cu
2. ikr
3. k
4. l8
5. l8r
6. lmk
7. m8
8. nvm
9. r
10. rofl
11. smh
12. u
13. ur
14. wu
Please enter a menu option (A, R, S, X) below:
A. Add an Abbreviation
R. Remove an Abbreviation
S. Search for a Translation
X. Exit
Please enter your choice: R
Please enter the abbreviation to remove: l8
Removing l8...
Is this correct (y/n): y
l8 has been removed.
Below are the texting abbreviations:
0. 4
1. cu
2. ikr
3. k
4. l8r
5. lmk
6. m8
7. nvm
8. r
9. rofl
10. smh
11. u
12. ur
13. wu
Please enter a menu option (A, R, S, X) below:
A. Add an Abbreviation
R. Remove an Abbreviation
S. Search for a Translation
X. Exit
Please enter your choice: S
Enter the abbreviation: u
The abbreviation "u" means: you
Below are the texting abbreviations:
0. 4
1. cu
2. ikr
3. k
4. l8r
5. lmk
6. m8
7. nvm
8. r
9. rofl
10. smh
11. u
12. ur
13. wu
Please enter a menu option (A, R, S, X) below:
A. Add an Abbreviation
R. Remove an Abbreviation
S. Search for a Translation
X. Exit
Please enter your choice: X
Enter the name of a file to write your abbreviations: output.txt
Goodbye!
Contents of corresponding output file (output.txt in my example - but user should specify the name):
0. 4: for
1. cu: see you
2. ikr: I know right?
3. k: okay
4. l8r: later
5. lmk: let me know
6. m8: mate
7. nvm: never mind
8. r: are
9. rofl: rolling on the floor laughing
10. smh: shaking my head
11. u: you
12. ur: you are
13. wu: what's up?
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Note that the user should be able to enter any file name of their choice. It does not have to be output.txt.
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Note that no error checking is required. You may assume that the user enters the inputs correctly.
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