public class computeScore { public int computeScore(String word){ int[] points = {1,3,3,2,1,4,2,4,1,8,5,1,3,1,3,3,10,1,1,1,1,4,4,8,4,10}; String[] characters = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"}; int l = word.length(); int sum = 0; for(int i=0; i<l; i++){ word.indexOf(i); for(int ii = 0; ii<26; ii++){ if(characters[ii].equals(word.indexOf(i))){ sum+=points[i]; } } } return sum; } }