java - countChars - So close, yet so far -

i feel there, i've starred blind after trying know(which isn't lot.)

alright, trying input string method should read , give me numbers of each character or first. i'm lost. please help.

public class sam {   private static string countchars;    public static void main(string[] args) {      system.out.println(countchars);  }  static int countchars(string str, char searchchar) {      // count number of times searchchar occurs in     // str , return result.     int i;     // position in string, str.     char ch;   // character in string.     int count; // number of times searchchar has been found in str.     count = 0;     (i = 0; < str.length(); i++) {         ch = str.charat(i);  // i-th character in str.         if (ch == searchchar) {             count++;         }     }     return count; } 

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best regards, sam

you not correctly calling countchars() function in main() function.

you use following example

system.out.println(countchars("hello, world", 'o'));