import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 *  Provides one or two static methods to do with text
 *  in a string. 
 *
 *  @author http://bumble.sf.net
 */
 
  
public class CountText extends Object
{
  //--------------------------------------------
  private static String NEWLINE = System.getProperty("line.separator");
  //--------------------------------------------
  private String text;  

  //--------------------------------------------
  public CountText()
  {
    this.text = "";
  }

  //--------------------------------------------
  public CountText(String sText)
  {
    this.text = sText;
  } 

  //--------------------------------------------
  /** count the number of times a particular character
   *  appears in a piece of text */
  public static int countOccurences(String sText, char cCheck)
  {
    char cCurrent;
    int iCount = 0;

    if (sText.indexOf(cCheck) == -1)
    {
      return 0;
    }

    for (int ii = 0; ii < sText.length(); ii++)
    {
      cCurrent = sText.charAt(ii);

      if (cCurrent == cCheck)
      {
        iCount++;
      }

    } //-- for

    return iCount;

  } //-- method: countOccurences


  //--------------------------------------------
  /** a main method for testing */
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
  {
    
    StringBuffer sbUsageMessage = new StringBuffer("");
    sbUsageMessage.append("test usage: java CountText text char");
    sbUsageMessage.append(NEWLINE);

    StringBuffer sbMessage = new StringBuffer("");


    if (args.length < 2)
    {	    
      System.out.println(sbUsageMessage);
      System.exit(-1);
    }

    //String sText = "abcdefghijklmnopqrst abcdefg 876543 ";
    String sText = args[0];
    char cChar = args[1].charAt(0);
        
    System.out.print("Using text               >");
    System.out.println(sText);

    System.out.println("");
                                         
    System.out.print(".countOccurences()          >");
    System.out.println(CountText.countOccurences(sText, cChar));
 
  } //-- main()
  
} //-- CountText class