Answer:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class NumberOfOccurences {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create an object of the Scanner class to allow for user inputs
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
// Prompt user to enter text
System.out.println("Please enter the phrase");
// Store text in a variable
String phrase = input.nextLine();
// Prompt user to enter character to be checked
System.out.println("Please enter the character to check");
// Store character in a char variable
char character = input.next().charAt(0);
// Create and initialize a variable count to zero
// count will hold the number of occurrences of the character in the phrase
int count = 0;
// Loop through each of the character in the string text
// At every cycle of the loop, compare the character of the string
// with the character to be checked.
// If they match, count is incremented
for (int i = 0; i < phrase.length(); i++) {
if (phrase.charAt(i) == character) {
count++;
}
}
// Print out the number of occurrences due to count
System.out.println(character + " appears this many times " + count);
}
}
Explanation:
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