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Flip Text - flips a line of text so that it appears to be upside-down and mirrored
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/** | |
* Copyright 2009 Dennis Ideler | |
* | |
* $ javac flipText.java | |
* $ java flipText | |
* hello world, i'm dennis | |
* sıuuǝp ɯ,ı 'p1ɹoʍ o11ǝɥ | |
*/ | |
import java.io.*; | |
public class flipText | |
{ | |
flipText() | |
{ | |
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); | |
String text = ""; | |
try { text = br.readLine(); } | |
catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } | |
String result = flipString(text); | |
System.out.println(result); | |
} | |
private String flipString(String text) | |
{ | |
text = text.toLowerCase(); | |
String result = ""; | |
for (int i = text.length() - 1; i >= 0; --i) | |
{ | |
// Flip and mirror the text. | |
result += flipChar(text.charAt(i)); | |
} | |
return result; | |
} | |
private char flipChar(char c) | |
{ | |
switch (c) | |
{ | |
case 'a': return '\u0250'; | |
case 'b': return 'q'; | |
case 'c': return '\u0254'; | |
case 'd': return 'p'; | |
case 'e': return '\u01DD'; | |
case 'f': return '\u025F'; | |
case 'g': return 'b'; | |
case 'h': return '\u0265'; | |
case 'i': return '\u0131'; // or \u0323 | |
case 'j': return '\u0638'; | |
case 'k': return '\u029E'; | |
case 'l': return '1'; | |
case 'm': return '\u026F'; | |
case 'n': return 'u'; | |
case 'o': return 'o'; | |
case 'p': return 'd'; | |
case 'q': return 'b'; | |
case 'r': return '\u0279'; | |
case 's': return 's'; | |
case 't': return '\u0287'; | |
case 'u': return 'n'; | |
case 'v': return '\u028C'; | |
case 'w': return '\u028D'; | |
case 'x': return 'x'; | |
case 'y': return '\u028E'; | |
case 'z': return 'z'; | |
case '[': return ']'; | |
case ']': return '['; | |
case '(': return ')'; | |
case ')': return '('; | |
case '{': return '}'; | |
case '}': return '{'; | |
case '?': return '\u00BF'; | |
case '\u00BF': return '?'; | |
case '!': return '\u00A1'; | |
case '\'': return ','; | |
case ',': return '\''; | |
default: return c; | |
} | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) { new flipText(); } | |
} |
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
public class FlipText {
public static void main(String[] args) {
FlipText flipper = new FlipText();
flipper.run();
}
public void run() {
try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))) {
String input;
System.out.println("Enter text to flip (type 'exit' to quit):");
while ((input = br.readLine()) != null) {
if (input.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) {
break;
}
String flipped = flipString(input);
System.out.println("Flipped: " + flipped);
System.out.println();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Error reading input:");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private String flipString(String text) {
text = text.toLowerCase();
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = text.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
result.append(flipChar(text.charAt(i)));
}
return result.toString();
}
private char flipChar(char c) {
switch (c) {
case 'a': return '\u0250';
case 'b': return 'q';
case 'c': return '\u0254';
case 'd': return 'p';
case 'e': return '\u01DD';
case 'f': return '\u025F';
case 'g': return 'b';
case 'h': return '\u0265';
case 'i': return '\u0131';
case 'j': return '\u0638';
case 'k': return '\u029E';
case 'l': return '1';
case 'm': return '\u026F';
case 'n': return 'u';
case 'o': return 'o';
case 'p': return 'd';
case 'q': return 'b';
case 'r': return '\u0279';
case 's': return 's';
case 't': return '\u0287';
case 'u': return 'n';
case 'v': return '\u028C';
case 'w': return '\u028D';
case 'x': return 'x';
case 'y': return '\u028E';
case 'z': return 'z';
case '[': return ']';
case ']': return '[';
case '(': return ')';
case ')': return '(';
case '{': return '}';
case '}': return '{';
case '?': return '\u00BF';
case '\u00BF': return '?';
case '!': return '\u00A1';
case '\'': return ',';
case ',': return '\'';
default: return c;
}
}
}
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getting error while comile
flipText.java:7: error: unmappable character for encoding Cp1252
^
flipText.java:7: error: unmappable character for encoding Cp1252
^
flipText.java:7: error: unmappable character for encoding Cp1252
^
3 errors