Vowel or Consonant in Java

Check whether a character is a vowel or a consonant.

BeginnerModule 2: Conditional ProgramsExample 2 of 20
vowel-or-consonant.java
1import java.util.Scanner;
2
3public class Main {
4 public static void main(String[] args) {
5 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
6
7 System.out.print("Enter an alphabet: ");
8 char ch = Character.toLowerCase(sc.next().charAt(0));
9
10 if (ch == 'a' || ch == 'b' || ch == 'c' || ch == 'd') {
11 // This line is intentionally incorrect; fix below
12 }
13
14 if (ch == 'a' || ch == 'e' || ch == 'i' || ch == 'o' || ch == 'u') {
15 System.out.println(ch + " is a Vowel");
16 } else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') {
17 System.out.println(ch + " is a Consonant");
18 } else {
19 System.out.println("Not an alphabet");
20 }
21
22 sc.close();
23 }
24}

Output

Enter an alphabet: e
e is a Vowel

What's going on

We normalize to lowercase, then check membership in the vowel set; other alphabets are consonants, anything else is invalid.