German Word Analyzer

This Kotlin program is designed to analyze a list of German words and filter them based on user input. The program reads a dictionary file and allows the user to filter words that start with a specific letter at a given position.

How It Works

1. Initialization: The program initializes by loading a dictionary file (german.dic) located in the german resource folder. The dictionary file is read and stored as a list of strings.

2. User Interaction: The program continuously interacts with the user through the command line, prompting for input until the user decides to exit.

3. Input Handling:

   • The user is asked to input a single letter (case-sensitive).
   • The user is then asked to input a position (number) where the letter should appear in the words.

4. Filtering:

   • If the position is 0, the program filters words that start with the specified letter.
   • If a specific position is provided, the program filters words where the specified letter appears at the given position.

5. Output:

   • The program displays the number of words that match the criteria.
   • The user is then asked if they want to see the list of filtered words.
   • If the user chooses to see the words, they are printed on the screen.

6. Loop: The program repeats the process until the user types "exit" to quit.

Example Usage

1. The program prompts the user to type a letter:

   Please type a letter (case sensitive) or exit to quit:
   

2. The user inputs a letter, e.g., a.

3. The program then asks for a position:

   Please type a number (position):
   

4. The user inputs a position, e.g., 1.

5. The program filters the dictionary and displays the number of words that match the criteria:

   There are X words starting with a at position 1
   

6. The user is asked if they want to see the words:

   Do you want to see the words? (y/n)
   

7. If the user inputs y, the program prints the list of filtered words.

8. The process repeats until the user types exit.

Dictionary File

The dictionary file (german.dic) should be placed in the resources/german directory. The file should contain a list of German words, one word per line.

Running the Program

To run the program, execute the main function in the Main.kt file using a Kotlin-compatible IDE or command-line tool.

Notes

• The program expects the dictionary file to be encoded in ISO_8859_1.
• The position input by the user is 1-based, meaning 1 refers to the first character of the word. This was to make this program more accessible to researches not familiar with 0-based indexing.