#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int charSearch(string str, char search_term);
string input;
char ch0;

// This assignment is worth 3 points

int main()
{
	cout << "Enter a sentence: ";
	getline(cin, input);

	cout << "Character to search: ";
	cin >> ch0;
	cin.ignore();

	cout << "Found " << charSearch(input, ch0) 
	     << " instances of \'" << ch0 << "\'.\n";

	return 0;
}

int charSearch(string str, char search_term)
{
	int counter = 0;
	for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
	{
		if(str[i] == search_term)
			counter++;
	}

	return counter;
}