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Sirmittens
Sirmittens

Reputation: 29

Java Looking for specific letters in a sting

I was wondering how to iterate over a string and to check how many hi's come out

For example, if the string is "hihi" the count should output 2.

This is what I have so far

public static int countHi(String str) {
    int counter = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
        if (str.substring(i, i + 1) == "h") {
            if (str.substring(i, i + 1) == "i") {
                counter = counter + 1;
            }
        }
    }
    return counter;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    String str = "hihi";
    int i = countHi(str);
    System.out.println("number of hi = " + i);
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (3)

Jonathan Locke
Jonathan Locke

Reputation: 303

For compactness and readability, maybe:

int count = 0;
Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(“hi”).matcher(string)
while (matcher.find()) {
    count++;
}

This approach will work for any Regular Expression pattern, although it won’t be the most efficient.

Upvotes: 0

Bohemian
Bohemian

Reputation: 425013

Here's the easy way:

public static int countHi(String str) {
    return split(str, -1).length - 1;
}

Note that you must pass -1 as the second parameter of split(); without it, trailing blanks would be pruned from the result.

Upvotes: 0

Elliott Frisch
Elliott Frisch

Reputation: 201437

You compare instances (like String) with .equals (not ==). However, here you can use == with String.charAt(int). Also, I would start with the second character and compare the character at the current index with i and the previous index with h. Like,

public static int countHi(String str) {
    int counter = 0;
    for (int i = 1; i < str.length(); i++) {
        if (str.charAt(i - 1) == 'h' && str.charAt(i) == 'i') {
            counter++;
        }
    }
    return counter;
}

Alternatively, compare the character at the current index with h and the character at the next index with i (but now you need to stop iterating a character earlier). Like,

public static int countHi(String str) {
    int counter = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < str.length() - 1; i++) {
        if (str.charAt(i) == 'h' && str.charAt(i + 1) == 'i') {
            counter++;
        }
    }
    return counter;
}

Upvotes: 1

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