import java.util.Scanner; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { String a = "heLLo there!"; String b = "Hello, there?"; a = a.toLowerCase(); b = b.toLowerCase(); a = cleanString(a); b = cleanString(b); print(a+" = "+b+" ?"+ a.equals(b)); Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in); print("Enter a number or text"); String input = kb.nextLine(); boolean isNumber = false; try { int n = Integer.parseInt(input); isNumber = true; } catch(NumberFormatException e) { } finally { print("Number?:"+isNumber); } } // removes punctuation public static String cleanString(String txt) { String result = txt; // remove !,? result = result.replaceAll("[,!?.]",""); return result; } public static void print(String text) { System.out.println(text); } }