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+import java.util.*;
+
+public class WordStats {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+        String[] words = getListOfWords(console);
+        System.out.println("Words: " + Arrays.toString(words));
+
+        String longestWord = getLongestWord(words);
+        System.out.println("Longest word: " + longestWord);
+        
+        vowelSearch(words);
+    }
+    
+
+    /*
+     * ask user for number of words to test, and store that (integer) as "number_of_Words"
+     * loop for that number of iterations, adding each word to array "words"
+     */
+    public static String[] getListOfWords(Scanner console) {
+        System.out.print("How many words? ");
+        int numbers_of_WORDS = console.nextInt();
+
+        String[] words = new String[numbers_of_WORDS];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < numbers_of_WORDS; i++) {
+            System.out.print("Next word? ");
+            String Word = console.next();
+            words[i] = Word;
+        }
+
+        return words;
+    }
+    
+    /*
+     * iterate through array "words"
+     * return longest word
+     */
+
+    public static String getLongestWord(String[] words) {
+        String longestWord = "";
+        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
+            String curr = words[i];
+            if (curr.length() > longestWord.length()) {
+                longestWord = curr;
+            }
+        }
+        return longestWord;
+
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * test first character of each word in array "words"
+     * if first char is any defined in upper or lower case vowels, print it
+     */
+         
+    public static void vowelSearch(String[] words) {
+        char[] uppercaseVowels = { 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U' };
+        char[] lowercaseVowels = { 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u' };
+        System.out.println("Words beginning with vowels: ");
+        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
+            String curr = words[i];
+            char firstChar = curr.charAt(0);
+            for (int j = 0; j < uppercaseVowels.length; j++) {
+                if (firstChar == uppercaseVowels[j] || firstChar == lowercaseVowels[j]) {
+                    System.out.println("    " + curr);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+}