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Java Program: Count characters, words and lines in a text file

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1. Write a program that counts the number of characters including words and lines in a file. The program prompts the user for inputting the filename. Sample output as follows:

Please enter the filename: narrative.txt

File Sample.txt has

1732 characters,

204 words and 70 lines.

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  1. System.out.println("Please enter the filename: ");
  2.     Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
  3.  
  4.     String fileName = input.nextLine();
  5.  
  6.      FileReader fReader;
  7.         try {
  8.             fReader = new FileReader(fileName);
  9.             BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(fReader);
  10.             String cursor; // 
  11.             String content = "";
  12.             int lines = 0;
  13.             int words = 0;
  14.             int chars = 0;
  15.             while((cursor = reader.readLine()) != null){
  16.                 // count lines
  17.                 lines += 1;
  18.                 content += cursor;
  19.  
  20.                 // count words
  21.                 String []_words = cursor.split(" ");
  22.                 for( String w : _words)
  23.                 {
  24.                   words++;        
  25.                 }
  26.  
  27.             }
  28.             chars = content.length();
  29.  
  30.             System.out.println("File " + fileName + " has ");
  31.             System.out.println(chars + " Characters,");
  32.             System.out.println(words + " words and " + lines + " lines.");
  33.  
  34.  
  35.         } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
  36.            // Logger.getLogger(Main.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
  37.             System.out.println("File not found!");
  38.         } catch (IOException ex) {
  39.             //Logger.getLogger(Main.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
  40.              System.out.println("An error has occured: " + ex.getMessage());
  41.         }

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