java - 获取单词频率的更有效方法

Question

我想通过单词的开头来计算 ArrayList 中每个单词的出现频率。例如 [cat, cog, mouse] 表示有 2 个以 c 开头的单词和一个以 m 开头的单词。我的代码工作正常，但字母表中有 26 个字母，需要更多的 if 。还有其他方法吗？

public static void  countAlphabeticalWords(ArrayList<String> arrayList) throws IOException
{
    int counta =0, countb=0, countc=0, countd=0,counte=0;
    String word = "";
    for(int i = 0; i<arrayList.size();i++)
    {

        word = arrayList.get(i);

          if (word.charAt(0) == 'a' || word.charAt(0) == 'A'){ counta++;}
          if (word.charAt(0) == 'b' || word.charAt(0) == 'B'){ countb++;}    

    }
    System.out.println("The number of words begining with A are: " + counta);
    System.out.println("The number of words begining with B are: " + countb);

}

Answer 1

使用 map

public static void  countAlphabeticalWords(List<String> arrayList) throws IOException {
  Map<Character,Integer> counts = new HashMap<Character,Integer>();
  String word = "";

  for(String word : list) {
    Character c = Character.toUpperCase(word.charAt(0));
    if (counts.containsKey(c)) {
      counts.put(c, counts.get(c) + 1);
    }
    else {
      counts.put(c, 1);
    }
  }

  for (Map.Entry<Character, Integer> entry : counts.entrySet()) {
    System.out.println("The number of words begining with " + entry.getKey() + " are: " + entry.getValue());
  }

或者使用 Map 和 AtomicInteger(根据 Jarrod Roberson)

public static void  countAlphabeticalWords(List<String> arrayList) throws IOException {
  Map<Character,AtomicInteger> counts = new HashMap<Character,AtomicInteger>();
  String word = "";

  for(String word : list) {
    Character c = Character.toUpperCase(word.charAt(0));
    if (counts.containsKey(c)) {
      counts.get(c).incrementAndGet();
    }
    else {
      counts.put(c, new AtomicInteger(1));
    }
  }

  for (Map.Entry<Character, AtomicInteger> entry : counts.entrySet()) {
    System.out.println("The number of words begining with " + entry.getKey() + " are: " + entry.getValue());
  }

最佳实践

切勿使用 list.get(i)，而应使用 for(element : list)。永远不要在签名中使用 ArrayList，而是使用接口(interface) List，这样您就可以更改实现。