package javaapplication1;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s = "Java programming language";
int count = 0;
char countChar = 'a';
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) != countChar)
continue; // skip count++;
count++;
}
System.out.println("There are " + count + " '" + countChar + "' characters") ;
}
}
/*
run:
There are 5 'a' characters
*/