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Thread: Filelettercounter- 'character not found'

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    Default Filelettercounter- 'character not found'

    No matter what character I use, I keep getting 'character not found' when I try to use the code to search for it in a txt file.

    import java.util.Scanner;//needed for Scanner Class
    import java.io.*;//needed for input and output
     
    public class FileLetterCounter
     
    {
         public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException //begin main function
         {
     
             int count =0;
             String filename;
             String str;
             char character;
             Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
     
             System.out.println("Enter a file name ");
             filename = keyboard.nextLine();
     
             System.out.println("Enter a character ");
             str = keyboard.nextLine();
             character = str.charAt(0);
     
             File file=new File(filename);
             Scanner inputFile=new Scanner(file);
     
             while(inputFile.hasNext())
             {
                 String line=inputFile.nextLine();
                 int len=line.length();
                 for(int i=0;i<len;i++)
                     if (line.charAt(i) == character)
                         count++;
             }
             if(count <= 0)
             System.out.println("Character not found in the file");
             else
                 System.out.println("Number of times character" +count+" in file");
             inputFile.close();
         }
       }


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    Default Re: Filelettercounter- 'character not found'

    System.out.println("Character not found in the file")
    Is this the statement that prints the message you see?

    Try debugging the code by adding a println statement that prints out every line as it is read from the file so you can see what the computer sees. Also print the the value of character.
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