Java String Char Count countChars(String string, int character)

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Description

Count number of times specified character appears in string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter Description
string string in question
character character to count

Return

count of occurrences of character in string

Declaration

public static int countChars(String string, int character) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Count number of times specified character appears in string.
     * 
     * @param string
     *            string in question
     * @param character
     *            character to count
     * @return count of occurrences of character in string
     */
    public static int countChars(String string, int character) {
        int count = 0;
        int currIndex = 0;
        while (true) {
            currIndex = string.indexOf(character, currIndex);
            if (currIndex == -1)
                break;
            ++currIndex; // Start next search from next character
            ++count;
        }
        return count;
    }
}

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