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package edu.slcc.asdv.caleb.lab5.recursion2_calebfontenot;

import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 *
 * @author caleb
 */
public class OccurencesOfSpecifiedCharacterInArray {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.print("Enter a string: ");
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        String s = input.nextLine();
        char[] items = s.toCharArray();
        
        System.out.print("Enter a character: ");
        char ch = input.nextLine().trim().charAt(0);
        
        System.out.println(ch + "  appears " + count(items, ch) + " times.");
    }
    public static int count(char[] chars, char ch) {
        return count(chars, chars.length - 1, ch);
    }
    public static int count(char[] chars, int high, char ch) {
        if (high >= 0) {
            return count(chars, high - 1, ch) + (ch == chars[high] ? 1 : 0);
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }
}