Java Help: Palindrome program

[DoctorFu]

Hi, I'm very new to Java programming and I working on a school project. The project is to write a program that scans in a string and determines length, reverses the string and then checks to see if it's a palindrome. Here's the stab I've made so far:

Edit: I found another web site that let me save my reversed info as another separate string. Here is my final code in case anybody wants to looks at it:


import java.util.regex.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner; // import java.util.Scanner to use the Scanner function


public class cmayproj01
{ // start class cmayproj01

public static void main(String[] args)
{ // start main
print_header(); // call from header

System.out.println("Please type a string that contains, at most, 30 characters:");
Scanner scanIn = new Scanner(System.in);
String strUserInput = scanIn.nextLine();
String strInputCopy = strUserInput;


System.out.println("\n");

String strInputTrimmed = strUserInput.replace(" ", "");

System.out.println( "You typed: " + strUserInput);
System.out.println( "The trimmed version is: " + strInputTrimmed); // remove from final program
System.out.print( "The length is: ");
int numberofchars = strInputTrimmed.length();
System.out.println(numberofchars + " Characters.");


reverse(strInputTrimmed, strUserInput); //called from reverse

/*
if (strInputTrimmed.compareTo(strUserInput) == 1)
{
System.out.println( "\nYou didn't type a Palindrome.");
}
else
{
System.out.println( "\nYou typed a Palindrome!");
}
*/

} // end main


// start functions
public static void print_header()
{ // start print_header
System.out.println("This is where the header goes...\n"); // insert header here!!
} // end print_header

public static void reverse(String strInputTrimmed, String strUserInput)
{ // start reverse


System.out.println("The original string you typed was: " + strUserInput);
System.out.print("The reverse is: ");


if (strInputTrimmed.length() == 1)
{
System.out.print(strInputTrimmed);
}
else
{

int len = strInputTrimmed.length();
char[] tempCharArray = new char[len];
char[] charArray = new char[len];

// put original string in an array of chars
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
tempCharArray[i] = strInputTrimmed.charAt(i);
}

// reverse array of chars
for (int j = 0; j < len; j++)
{
charArray[j] = tempCharArray[len - 1 - j];
}

String strInputReverse = new String(charArray);
System.out.println(strInputReverse);

if (strInputReverse.compareTo(strInputTrimmed) < 0)
{
System.out.println("\nYou didn't type a Palindrome.");
}
else
{
System.out.println("\nYou typed a Palindrome!");
}

}

} // end reverse
} // end cmayproj01



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[Cinema4DXL]

have you tested this, because

if (strInputReverse.compareTo(strInputTrimmed) < 0)
{
System.out.println("\nYou didn't type a Palindrome.");
}
else
{
System.out.println("\nYou typed a Palindrome!");
}


The compareTo method only does string comparsions lexicographically. This does not ensure that you have a correct palindrome.

I suggest your program for test cases, also your program ignores a string has that spaces, does it handle other characters like ? . , (not sure what the scope of your project is) if it is to handle any kind of string input.

[Absolution]

this is quite a bit smaller

//
// CS161L Wed 3:00 PM
// 9:00 Lecture Mon,Wed,Fri
// Lab9 - lab10.java
import java.util.*;

public class lab10
{
public static boolean palindrone(String s, int index)
{
if(index == s.length()) // drop out of the loop, string is at the end
return true;
char first,last;
first = s.charAt(index);
last = s.charAt(s.length()-index-1);
//System.out.println(first + " " + last);
if(first == last)
return palindrone(s,++index);
else
return false;
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter a word, 'quit' to exit: ");
String in = input.nextLine();
while(!in.equals("quit"))
{
if(palindrone(in,0))
System.out.println("This is a palindrone");
else
System.out.println("This is not a palindrone");
System.out.print("Enter another word: ");
in = input.nextLine();
}
}
}