computercoder
Junior Member

import java.util.*;
 
public class Vowels{
 
  public static void main(String[] args){
 
 
	  Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
 
    int counter= 0;
    System.out.println("Input a sequence of characters");
    String text = console.nextLine();
 
 
    for (int loop = 0; loop < text.length(); loop++){
      char lett = text.charAt(loop);
      if (lett=='a' || lett=='e' || lett=='i' || lett=='o' || lett=='u' || lett=='A' || lett=='E' || lett=='I' || lett=='O' || lett=='U') {
        counter++;
      }
    }
    System.out.println("There are " + counter + " vowels in the inputted text.");
  }
}

Input a sequence of characters
IWasAPenguin
There are 6 vowels in the inputted text.

Try String.trim().

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1....tml#trim%28%29

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