Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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[画像:In the game of Scrabble, each letter has points associated with it. The total score of a word is the sum of the scores of its letters. More common letters are worth fewer points while less common letters are worth more points. The points associated with each letter are shown below: Write a static function called "scrabble" that takes an "array of strings" as input and computes and displays the Scrabble score for the words. Points Letters A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U 2 D and G B, C, M and P F, H, V, W and Y 3 4 5 K J and X Q and Z 8 10 scrabble(new String[]{"HI", "BEN"}) should print out "HI BEN is worth 10 points." scrabble(new String[]{"JAVA"}) should print out "JAVA is worth 14 points." Note: Assume that input strings are of capital letters (i.e., uppercase characters). ]
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Transcribed Image Text:In the game of Scrabble, each letter has points associated with it. The total score of a word is the sum of the scores of its letters. More common letters are worth fewer points while less common letters are worth more points. The points associated with each letter are shown below: Write a static function called "scrabble" that takes an "array of strings" as input and computes and displays the Scrabble score for the words. Points Letters A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U 2 D and G B, C, M and P F, H, V, W and Y 3 4 5 K J and X Q and Z 8 10 scrabble(new String[]{"HI", "BEN"}) should print out "HI BEN is worth 10 points." scrabble(new String[]{"JAVA"}) should print out "JAVA is worth 14 points." Note: Assume that input strings are of capital letters (i.e., uppercase characters).
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