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    Cool word counter program

    INSTRUCTIONS
    1. Create a WordCounter class with a constructor that takes a file name as a parameter
    2. The class should have two fields: one for the file name and one for a HashMap to store word count information
    3. The constructor should call a private method, countWords, that reads in the file and counts the word frequencies
    4. The class should contain a get method for each field, as well as a print method that prints out the map in the following format: word: frequency
    5. When printing, the map should be sorted by either the word order or frequency (Hint: see Collections.sort)
    6. You should include the sample text file on Blackboard



    import java.io.File;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.Collections;
    import java.util.HashMap;
    import java.util.Scanner;
     
     
     
    public class WordCounter 
    {
    	// 2 fields for file name and hashmap
    	private ArrayList<String> fn,hm;
    	private Scanner x;
     
    	// constructor
    	public WordCounter(String frame)
    	{
    		countwords();
     
    	}
    	// methods
    	private void countwords ()
    	{
    		try{
    			x = new Scanner (new File("test.file.txt"));
    		System.out.println(Collections.frequency(fn, hm));
    		}
    		catch (Exception e){
    			System.out.println("File not found");
    		}
    	}
    	private void print() {
     
     
    	}
    	public static void main(String[] args) 
    	{
    		String fname = "test-file.txt";
    		if (args.length > 0)
    			fname = args[0];
     
    		WordCounter wc = new WordCounter(fname);
    		wc.print();
    	}
     
     
    }

    I still need help with step 4 and 5. please help im still learning
    Last edited by shad0wblade890; March 4th, 2014 at 12:04 PM.


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    Default Re: word counter program

    The steps are not numbered. Which are 4 & 5?

    Please be more specific describing your problems.
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    Default Re: word counter program

    done and i need help on the print method as you can see i left it blank because idk where to start. also i want to make sure that the code i did matches the instructions

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    need help on the print method
    What is the printed output supposed to look like? Where does the data that is to be printed come from?
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