// control/VowelsAndConsonants.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://OnJava8.com for more book information. // Demonstrates the switch statement import java.util.*; public class VowelsAndConsonants { public static void main(String[] args) { Random rand = new Random(47); for(int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { int c = rand.nextInt(26) + 'a'; System.out.print((char)c + ", " + c + ": "); switch(c) { case 'a': case 'e': case 'i': case 'o': case 'u': System.out.println("vowel"); break; case 'y': case 'w': System.out.println("Sometimes a vowel"); break; default: System.out.println("consonant"); } } } } /* Output: (First 13 Lines) y, 121: Sometimes a vowel n, 110: consonant z, 122: consonant b, 98: consonant r, 114: consonant n, 110: consonant y, 121: Sometimes a vowel g, 103: consonant c, 99: consonant f, 102: consonant o, 111: vowel w, 119: Sometimes a vowel z, 122: consonant ... */