WordCounter

src/WordFrequency.java

@@ -1,5 +1,39 @@
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.*;
+
 public class WordFrequency {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+
+        Map<String, Integer> wordCounts = new TreeMap<>();
+        //Had to use absolute pathing - scanner would not find the file otherwise.
+        File tale = new File("C:\\Users\\USMC_\\Desktop\\Classes\\SDEV 333\\WordFrequency\\tale.txt");
+        Scanner inFile = null;
+        try {
+            inFile = new Scanner(tale);
+            while (inFile.hasNext()) {
+                String word = inFile.next();
+
+                if (wordCounts.containsKey(word)) {
+                    //increment the count
+                    int value = wordCounts.get(word);
+
+                    value++;
+
+                    wordCounts.put(word, value);
+                } else {
+                    //add word to the map with value of 1
+                    wordCounts.put(word, 1);
+                }//end of if else statement
+            }//end of while loop
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            System.out.println("File not found");
+        }
+
+        //write a loop to walk through items in the map and print how many times they occur
+        for (String key : wordCounts.keySet()) {
+            int value = wordCounts.get(key);
+            System.out.println("word " + key + " appears " + value + " times");
+        }
     }
 }