GettysburgAddress

Main.java

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * GettysburgAddress
 * @author Shrey Pandya p7
 * 
 */

public class Main {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
		
		ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
		
		Scanner in = new Scanner(new File("GettysburgAddress.txt"));
		
		while (in.hasNext())
		{	
			String w = in.next();
			
			// strip commas/periods
			w = w.replace(",", "").replace(".", "");
			
			// split at long hyphens
			String[] sub = w.split("--");
			
			// push all data
			for (String s : sub) words.add(s);
		}
		
		in.close();
		
		// ==================================
		// 				Testing
		// ==================================
	
		int sum = 0;
		String maxWord = "";
		
		// calculate average
		for (String s : words) sum += s.length();
		double avgLen = (double) sum / words.size();
		
		// find longest word
		for (String s : words)
		{
			if (s.length() > maxWord.length()) maxWord = s;
		}
		
		System.out.println("Avg word length: " + avgLen);
		System.out.println("Longest word: " + maxWord);
	}

}