Chapter 5, Problem 8PE

Explanation of Solution

Method for returning count of all words in a string

public static double getAverageLength(String[] set)

{

    //declare variable averageLength

    int averageLength = 0;

    //if condition

    if (set == null || set.length == 0 )

    {

        return 0.0;

    }

    //else condition

    else

    {

        // execute for loop

        for (int a = 0; a < set.length; a++)

        {

            //if condition

            if (set[a] == null)

            {

                //define averageLength

                averageLength += 0;

            }

            //else condition

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