Error in code coach

Question

I am stuck in "average word length" code coach problem
I am getting output '4' in 1st test case but the expected output is '3'
Why this happens I can't understand and all the other test cases are giving right output
1st test case string: "Can you not do that?"
Expected output : 3
My output : 4
Please help
https://code.sololearn.com/c9y53Tg5vfjC/?ref=app

Answer 1

Piyush Thourani there are many ways if u want a easy way then u can an if statement
(ch>64 && ch<91)||(ch>96 && ch<123)
Like this here special characters and numbers are not included
there's a short method too...
String[] n = sc.nextLine().replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z .]", "").split(" ");

Answer 2

Thanku so much 😁

Answer 3

You didn't remove all punctuation from the input first.

Answer 4

ChaoticDawg
How can I remove punctuation please explain

Answer 5

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