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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

My Treestory program works in IDE but not in challenge

Here is the output:

Please enter your story template: My noun is a adjective noun Please enter a(n) noun boss Please enter a(n) adjective crazy Please enter a(n) noun dork Please enter a(n) noun guy Your TreeStory:

my boss is a crazy guy Process finished with exit code 0

com/teamtreehouse/Main.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    // write your code here
        Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
        prompter.run();

    }
}
com/teamtreehouse/Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run() {
        String storyTemplate = null;
        try {
            storyTemplate = promptForStoryTemplate();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for the story template");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
         }
        Template tmpl = new Template(storyTemplate);
        List<String> results = null;
        try {
            results = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        System.out.printf("Your TreeStory:%n%n%s", tmpl.render(results));
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
        String word = null;
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            while(mCensoredWords.contains(word = promptForWord(phrase))) {
            }
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
            String storyWord = null;
            System.out.printf("Please enter a(n) %s%n", phrase);
            storyWord = mReader.readLine();
            return storyWord.trim();
    }

    public String promptForStoryTemplate() throws IOException {
        System.out.println("Please enter your story template:");
        String storyTemplate = mReader.readLine();
        return storyTemplate.trim().toLowerCase();
    }
}
pseudo-tests.md
#  This is essentially what I am testing 
1.  The user is prompted for a new string template (the one with the double underscores in it).

  a. The prompter class has a new method that prompts for the story template, and that method is called.

2.  The user is then prompted for each word that has been double underscored.

   a. The answer is checked to see if it is contained in the censored words.
      User is continually prompted until they enter a valid word

3.  The user is presented with the completed story

3 Answers

Hi Craig, I figured out what the problem was and finished the challenge. For some reason it doesn't like the fact that I accidentally converted the template to lower case, so the story became lower case. I took that out and just did trim and it worked.

Now I am stuck on the RegExp question on the quiz. I looked through all of the menus and did searches and couldn't find any information on it. Please don't keep me prisoner!!!

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Bruce!

Are you censoring the words? 2à

You are super close!

Keep me posted !

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

In Help, I typed "Regular" and then "Regular Expression Syntax" showed up.

I got this help page

I searched for Edit RegExp in the text.... and then I entered the next word.

That help?

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