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Just wondering if this needs any cleaning up? Or if there are any other ways to do this.
At the moment, I am using 19 loops within 1 loop, and 4 loops within loops within loops, and it just seems unconventional.
What it does:
Scrambles a word.
First and last letter stay in the same position.
4 letter words have middle two letter reversed.
1,2, and 3 letter words stay the same.
Known Problems:
Doesn't recognize "Enter" or a new line
Have to add sections for punctuation within the word such as hyphens, as well as punctuation before the word such as quotations.
Code:
At the moment, I am using 19 loops within 1 loop, and 4 loops within loops within loops, and it just seems unconventional.
What it does:
Scrambles a word.
First and last letter stay in the same position.
4 letter words have middle two letter reversed.
1,2, and 3 letter words stay the same.
Known Problems:
Doesn't recognize "Enter" or a new line
Have to add sections for punctuation within the word such as hyphens, as well as punctuation before the word such as quotations.
Code:
Code:
String[] result = jTextArea1.getText().split("\\\\s");
jTextArea2.setText("");
for ( int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
ArrayList<Character> chars = new ArrayList<Character>(result[i].length());
for ( char c : result[i].toCharArray() ) {
chars.add(c);
}
char x = 0;
char a = chars.get(0);
char b = 0;
String xb = null;
if (chars.size() == 1) {
//a = chars.get(0);
//chars.remove(0);
//System.out.println("Size is 1 so we only take the first letter");
}
else {
x = chars.get(chars.size()-1);
}
if (!Character.isLetter(x)) {
if (chars.size() == 1) {
a = chars.get(0);
chars.remove(0);
//System.out.println("Size is 1 so we only take the first letter");
}
else {
x = chars.get(chars.size()-1);
String s1 = Character.toString(x);
b = chars.get(chars.size()-2);
String s2 = Character.toString(b);
xb = (s2 + s1);
chars.remove(0);
chars.remove(chars.size()-1);
chars.remove(chars.size()-1);
}
}
else if (Character.isLetter(x)) {
if (chars.size() == 1) {
chars.remove(0);
//System.out.println("The new size of this char is: " + chars.size());
}
else {
chars.remove(0);
chars.remove(chars.size()-1);
//System.out.println("The new size of this char is: " + chars.size());
}
}
if (xb == null) {
//System.out.println(chars + " First Letter: " + a + " " + "Last Letter: " + x);
}
else if (xb != null) {
//System.out.println(chars + " First Letter: " + a + " " + "Last Letter: " + xb);
}
if (chars.size() == 2) {
//System.out.println("Size is 2, lets reverse this");
Collections.reverse(chars);
//System.out.println("New combination" + chars);
}
else if (chars.size() != 2) {
Collections.shuffle(chars);
}
char[] shuffled = new char[chars.size()];
for ( int j = 0; j < shuffled.length; j++ ) {
shuffled[j] = chars.get(j);
}
String shuffledWord = new String(shuffled);
if (xb == null) {
if (chars.size() == 1) {
jTextArea2.append(a + shuffledWord + x + " ");
//System.out.println("a = " + a + " - shuffled word = " + shuffledWord);
}
else {
jTextArea2.append(a + shuffledWord + x + " ");
//System.out.println("a = " + a + " - shuffled word = " + shuffledWord);
}
}
/*
* Test Text:
*
* Easy Text:
* I would very much appreciate it if you could point me to a guide tutorial or just share with me how to do these things.
*
* Advanced Text:
* The objective for this assignment is the beginning phase of a capstone project in which you will explore an issue that is currently occurring to a group of people who are being marginalized.
* You will explore-deeply-a topic of your choice related to the concept of marginalization and how different groups are targeted and are dealing with this concept.
* Rather than arguing a particular point of view in this essay, your objective is simply to "wallow in complexity:"
* to research and analyze, to posit thesis, antithesis, and synthesis; to challenge the common ways of looking at a problem.
*
*/
else if (xb != null) {
if (chars.size() == 1) {
System.out.println("a = " + a + " - shuffled word = " + shuffledWord);
jTextArea2.append(a + " ");
}
else {
System.out.println("a = " + a + " - shuffled word = " + shuffledWord);
jTextArea2.append(a + shuffledWord + xb + " ");
}
xb = null;
}
}
}
