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jabborwoc:
Java help open user spec file , count user spec character,

--- Code: Java ---import java.util.Scanner;import java.io.*;public class progChal6 {   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException   {           //needed for scanner class      Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);      String filename;   // file name      int charCount = 0;            // get users filename      System.out.print("Enter the file name:  ");      filename = kb.nextLine();      Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(filename);      // get users character      System.out.print("Please enter a character: ");      char userChar = kb.nextLine().charAt(0);      // tell the user what the program does      System.out.println("\n****This program will return how many times" +                          " the character you entered showed up in" +                          " the string you entered.****");                           while(inputFile.hasNext()) ;      {               (filename.charAt() == userChar);                  {                  charCount++;                  }      }      System.out.println("\nThe specified character " +"\"" + userChar +                          "\" is inside the string " + filename +                          " " + charCount +   " times.\n");                inputFile.close();    }}

jabborwoc:
it just needs to count the number of times a specified letter occurs in a specified file :tellme:

Ath:
What's the result you are getting now?

If you added an if before the first bracket on line 27 there would at least be a comparison in the loop.

mouser:
i think he got it solved in irc.

hamradio:
The following url helped him if I remember correctly...

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/45227-character-counter-displays-wrong-count/

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