Java program to take a character and tells its vowel or consonant


Following program shows you how to take a character and tells its vowel or consonant.
In this program we get a character from user and shows it's vowel or consonant using if condition

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Basic5 {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.out.println("Enter a character:");

		Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
		char input = in.next().charAt(0);

		if (input == 'a' || input == 'A' || input == 'e' || input == 'E' || input == 'i' || input == 'I' || input == 'o'
				|| input == 'O' || input == 'u' || input == 'U') {

			System.out.println("Its a vowel");

		} else if ((input >= 'a' && input <= 'z') || (input >= 'A' && input <= 'Z')) {

			System.out.println("Its a consonant");

		} else {

			System.out.println("Invalid input please enter an alphabet");

		}
	}

}

Output:

Example1:

Enter a character:
a
Its a vowel

Example2:

Enter a character:
y
Its a consonant

Example3:

Enter a character:
-2
Invalid input please enter an alphabet