7.9 Lab: Decoder part 1 (string comparison) This program will translate known te

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7.9 Lab: Decoder part 1 (string comparison)

This program will translate known text message abbreviations to their actual meanings in unabbreviated form.

(1) Implement for Tests 1 - 3:
Read an input string from the user.
If the user's input string matches a known text message abbreviation,
      Output the unabbreviated form
      Otherwise output: Unknown.

Support two abbreviations:
LOL -- laughing out loud
IDK -- I don't know

Sample input/output:

(2) Implement for Tests 4 - 6:
Expand to also decode these abbreviations.
      BFF -- best friends forever
      IMHO -- in my humble opinion

import java.util.Scanner;

public class TextMsgAbbreviation {
public static void main(String[] args) {
/* Type your code here. */
  
return;
}
}

Explanation / Answer

TextMsgAbbreviation.java

import java.util.Scanner;
public class TextMsgAbbreviation {
public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Input an abbreviation:");
Scanner scnr = new Scanner(System.in);
String inString = scnr.nextLine();
System.out.print("You entered:");
System.out.println(inString);
String message = newMessage(inString);
System.out.println();
if(inString.contains("IDK"))
System.out.println("Replaced "IDK" with "I don't know".");
if(inString.contains("BFF"))
System.out.println("Replaced "BFF" with "best friend forever".");
if(inString.contains("JK"))
System.out.println("Replaced "JK" with "just kidding".");
if(inString.contains("TMI"))
System.out.println("Replaced "TMI" with "too much information".");
if(inString.contains("TTYL"))
System.out.println("Replaced "TTYL" with "talk to you later".");
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Expanded: "+message);
}
public static String newMessage(String str)
{
String Str = str;
Str = Str.replace("BFF", "best friend forever");
Str = Str.replace("IDK", "I don't know");
Str = Str.replace("JK", "just kidding");
Str = Str.replace("TMI", "too much information");
Str = Str.replace("TTYL", "talk to you later");
Str = Str.replace("LOL", "laughing out loud");
return Str;
}
}

Output:

Input an abbreviation:
LOL
You entered:LOL

Expanded: laughing out loud

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