count a particular character in a string

[Philip Zac]

Hello all,


Is there any way, I can get the value or number of particular character in a given string.

Like ...example abe,abc is a given String.

here there is only one ",". likewise there is 2 a's ..


hope someone can help me..

thanks

Philip

[Rajkumar balakrishnan]

You want us to do your homework... It's not a good thing... As for your question just use String classes and it's methods to do what you need. There is a lot of methods that can help you to accomplish your thing.

[Philip Zac]

Hello Raj,

I have searched the API, But there is no such thing...

Philip

[Campbell Ritchie]

Yes, it is quite easy. There are several ways to do it; in fact a search of JavaRanch will probably reveal old threads about similar problems.

[Bill Shirley]

you didn't read the API very diligently,

no, there's no "now many Xs are there" method,

but there are �
a) what's the index of X (starting at index i)
b) break the string into pieces, using X as a delimiter
c) what's the character at index i

any could be used to answer your question in several lines of code (or one line, if obfuscation is your cup of tea)