/**
 * Write a description of class StringClass here.
 * 
 * @author (your name) 
 * @version (a version number or a date)
 */
import java.util.*;

public class StringClass
{
    String input;
    
    public StringClass()
    {
	
        Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Give me your String:");
		input = console.nextLine();
	
    }
    
	public void findLetter(char letter)
    {
        int find = -1;
        int count=0;
        do{
            find = input.indexOf(letter, find+1);
            if(find!=-1) count++;
        }while(find!=-1);
      System.out.println("\n****The letter " + letter + " was found " + count + " times.\n\n");
   
    }
    
    /*************
     *  This is an example I did in class on the board. It turns out this doesn't work
     *  Fix it. Mess around with it and make it work. 
     */
    public void findLetter2(char letter)
    {
        int count = 0;
        int index = 0;
        
        while((index = input.indexOf(letter, index)) != 1)
        {
              count++;
              index++;
        }
        
        System.out.println(letter + " was found " + count + " and " + index);
    }
 
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
        StringClass sc = new StringClass();
        sc.findLetter('a');
        sc.findLetter2('a');
    }
}