/* * Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * - Neither the name of Oracle or the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived * from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ import java.io.*; import java.nio.file.*; public class CountLetter { private char lookFor; private Path file; CountLetter(char lookFor, Path file) { this.lookFor = lookFor; this.file = file; } public int count() throws IOException { int count = 0; try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(file); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in))) { String line = null; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { for (int i = 0; i < line.length(); i++) { if (lookFor == line.charAt(i)) { count++; } } } } catch (IOException x) { System.err.println(x); } return count; } static void usage() { System.out.println("usage: java CountLetter "); System.exit(-1); } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { if (args.length != 1 || args[0].length() != 1) usage(); char lookFor = args[0].charAt(0); Path file = Paths.get("xanadu.txt"); int count = new CountLetter(lookFor, file).count(); System.out.format("File '%s' has %d instances of letter '%c'.%n", file, count, lookFor); } }