Thread: Do While loop + switch, Vowel Count

I'm working on a program to count the number of vowels entered by the user, but so far have been getting these 2 errors:

VowelsEnteredUntilFullStop.java:18: possible loss of precision
found : int
required: char
letter = keyboardIn.nextInt();
^
VowelsEnteredUntilFullStop.java:33: possible loss of precision
found : int
required: char
total = total + letter;
^
2 errors

The line in bold is the error being flagged.

// Practical 8 - Q6
// Marcus Ward
// 07/11/2011
/* Program will allow user to repeatedly enter letters.Using a do-while loop and switch 
statement, the program will count the number of vowels entered until a full stop is entered. */
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class VowelsEnteredUntilFullStop
{  
   public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	Scanner keyboardIn = new Scanner(System.in);
 
	char letter = 1, vowel, vowelCount =0, total =0; // declare variables
 
	System.out.println("Enter a letter: "); // get user input
	[B]letter = keyboardIn.nextInt();[/B]
 
	do
	{  
		System.out.println("Enter a letter: ");
	}
	while(letter != '.');
 
	switch (total)
	{
	        case 'a' :
		case 'e' :
		case 'i' :
		case 'o' :
		case 'u' :
		total = total + letter;
		vowelCount++;
	}
 
	System.out.println("The number of vowels is" + vowelCount);
	}
}

You haven't posted a description of your issue and you haven't added highlight tags. Not a good start...

I can see 2 casting errors.

Do not duplicate threads. Your other has been deleted.