import java.util.*; import java.io.*; import java.lang.String; public class StringCount{ public static void main(String args[]){ String searchFor = "is"; String base = "This is the method"; int len = searchFor.length(); int result = 0; if (len > 0) { int start = base.indexOf(searchFor); while (start != -1) { result++; start = base.indexOf(searchFor, start+len); } } System.out.println(result); } }