import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import java.io.*;

public class SwitchExample
{

       public static void main ( String args[])
       {       
		   System.out.println("asdf");
		   
		   String word;

                word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( "Please enter a word");
		
		if (IsVowel(word.charAt(0)))
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, word + " begins with a vowel");
		}
		else
		{
			JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, word + " begins with a consonant");
		}

                System.exit( 0 );
	}

	public static boolean IsVowel(char c)
	{
		boolean IsVowel = false;

		switch(c)
		{
			case 'a': case 'A':
			case 'e': case 'E':
			case 'i': case 'I':
			case 'o': case 'O':
			case 'u': case 'U':
				IsVowel = true;
				break;
		}

		return IsVowel;
	}
}