Character Counter

public class CharacterCounter{ public static void main(String[] args){ //Step 1: Getting input from the user. System.out.println("Enter a character: "); char character = (System.console().readLine()).charAt(0); System.out.println("Enter a string: "); String sentence = (String) System.console().readLine(); /*Step 2: Creating our variable to keep track of how many times the character occurs.*/ int count = 0; //Step 3: Loop through the string to check each character. for(int i = 0; i < sentence.length(); i++){ char tempChar = sentence.charAt(i); if(tempChar == character){ count++; } } //Step 4: Print the number of times that the character occurred. System.out.println("Found the character " + count + " times."); } }