Frequently Asked Java Program 27: Java Program to Find Occurrence of Any Char in a Given String Without Iterating

Find occurrence of given char  (Ignore case)  in given string without iterating through string.

Input – Make Selenium Easy

Char – ‘M’

Output- Occurrence of M is 2.

Problem Solution:

We need to solve this problem without iterating through string in search of character. Its simple.

Logic step by step:

1. FInd the initial length of given string.
2. Replace desired char by empty character.
3. Find the length of string after replacement.
4. FInd the difference between initial and current length.
5. The difference is occurrence of asked char in string.

Java Programs:

package StringPrograms;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class CountOfCharInGivenString {
        
        public static int countOfChar(String inputString, char charToFind)
        {
                //Converting string into same case
                inputString = inputString.toUpperCase();
                
                // Converting char to upper case
                String charString= Character.toString(charToFind).toUpperCase();
                
                // Find length of actual string
                int lengthBeforeReplacingSpace = inputString.length();
                
                // Replace char to be searched for by empty character
                inputString = inputString.replace(charString, "");
                                
                //FInd the new length after replacement
                int lengthAfterReplacingSpace = inputString.length();
                
                // FInd the difference
                int countOfSpace = lengthBeforeReplacingSpace- lengthAfterReplacingSpace;
                
                // return the difference which is actually occurrence of char
                return countOfSpace;
                
        }

        
        public static void main(String[] args) {

                // User input for the string to know length
                Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
                System.out.println("Please enter the string :");

                String userInput = sc.nextLine();
                
                
                System.out.println("Please enter the char to find occurrence in : "+userInput);

                char charToFind = sc.nextLine().charAt(0);

                sc.close();

                System.out.println("You entered: " + userInput);
                System.out.println("Char to be found: " + charToFind);

                System.out.println("Count of "+charToFind+" is :" + countOfChar(userInput,charToFind));
                
                
                

        }
}

Output:

[java] Please enter the string : Make Selenium Easy Please enter the char to find occurrence in : Make Selenium Easy m You entered: Make Selenium Easy Char to be found: m Count of m is :2 ================================================================= Please enter the string : Autoation Tester Please enter the char to find occurrence in : Autoation Tester T You entered: Autoation Tester Char to be found: T Count of T is :4 =================================================================

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