Problem

Print out the entire lower case letters of the aplhabet. Use the following guidelines in coming up with a solution:

char for printing out the each lowercase letter in the alphabet.
Output using System.out.println
Comment as you code.
To get the next letter use the increment operator.

While and For Loops

Solution

To get the next letter in the alphabet you can add 1 each time to the char variable.

int numLetters = 26;
char letter = 'a';

for(int i = 0; i < numLetters; i++)
{
    System.out.println(letter);
    letter = letter + 1;
}

Code

Solution Code

public class PrintOutTheAlphabet
{
    public static void main(String [ ] args)
    {
        int numLetters = 26;
        char letter = 'a';
        
        for(int i = 0; i < numLetters; i++)
        {
            System.out.println(letter);
            letter++;
        }
    }
}

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