// count the number of any character input by the user
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   cout << "Which character do you wish to count? ";
   char toCount = cin.get();
   
   char c;
   int numChars = 0;
   while (cin.get(c))
      if (c == toCount) numChars++;

   cout << "There were " << numChars << endl;

   return 0;
}