igPay atinLay Translator

PigLatin.java

/* Nate Boyd
 * Programming in Java
 * Professor Christian Roberson
 * Lab 6
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class PigLatin {
	// Static Variables
	static Scanner input;
	static String userInput;
	static String[] segment;

	// Main method
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Create new scanner
		input = new Scanner(System.in);

		// Variables
		String output = "";


		// Message asking for user input
		System.out.print("English to Pig Latin Translator by PurpleHootis, Inc." + '\n' + '\n' +
				"Please enter a word or sentence to be translated:  ");
		userInput = input.nextLine();
		segment = userInput.split(" ");
		// Loop over split word to be translated
		for (int x = 0;x <= segment.length -1;x ++) {
			for (int y = 0;y <= segment[x].length() -1;y ++) {
				char segmentIndex = segment[x].charAt(y);
				// If character at index y is a vowel
				if (segmentIndex == 'a' || segmentIndex == 'e' || segmentIndex == 'i' || segmentIndex == 'o' || segmentIndex == 'u') {
					// if 
					if (y != 0) {
						String toMove = segment[x].substring(0, y);
						String cutHere = segment[x].substring(y, segment[x].length());
						output += cutHere + toMove + "ay" + " ";
					}
					else {
						output += segment[x] + "yay" + " ";
					}
				}
				else {

				}
			}
		} // end for loop
		System.out.print(output);
	} // end main
} // end class