diff --git a/Java/program-3/program.java b/Java/program-3/program.java
index a108adc6..95be6346 100644
--- a/Java/program-3/program.java
+++ b/Java/program-3/program.java
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ public static void main(String args[])
 		int v=0;
 		for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++)
 		{
-			if(s.charAt(i)=='a'||s.charAt(i)=='e'||s.charAt(i)=='i'||s.charAt(i)=='o'||s.charAt(i)=='u'||s.charAt(i)=='A'||s.charAt(i)=='E'||s.charAt(i)=='I'||s.charAt(i)=='O'||s.charAt(i)=='U')
+			if(("AEIOUaeiou").indexOf(s.charAt(i))!=-1)//checking for vowel in shorter way
 			v++;	
 		}
 		System.out.println("Number of vowels "+v);
 		System.out.println("Number of consonants "+(s.length()-v));
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}