java program: letter counter and running the race

Letter Counter Write a program that asks the user to enter a string, and then asks the user to enter a character. The program should count and display the number of times that the specified character appears in the string.

import java.util.*; /*  * Course: ITECH 2120_Intro of programming JAVA  * Instructor: Dr. Tacksoo Im  * Project: Letter count_Assignment3  * Author: Mohan Maharjan  * Date: October 14 2013  * Version: 1  */ public class LetterCounter {      public static void main(String[] args)      {            Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);            //users to write a letter            System.out.println("Please write a short letter");            String letter = scan.nextLine();                       // users to enter a word to count            System.out.println("Please type a word to count");            char countChar = scan.next().charAt(0);                 int count =0;            for (int i = 0; i <letter.length(); i++)            {                 if (letter.charAt(i)== countChar)            {                 count++;            }          }                 System.out.println("The total matched word "+ countChar +                 " appears in the letter = " + count);                 scan.close();      } }

Running the Race Write a program that asks for the names of three runners and the time, in Minutes, it took each of them to finish a race. The program should display the names of the runners in the order that they finis

import java.util.*; /*  * Course: ITECH 2120_Intro of programming JAVA  * Instructor: Dr. Tacksoo Im  * Project: Running the Race_Assignment3  * Author: Mohan Maharjan  * Date: October 14 2013  * Version: 1  */ public class RunningTheRace {      public static void main(String[] args)      {            String firstPlace,secondPlace,thirdPlace, firstName, secondName, thirdName;            double firstRunner, secondRunner, thirdRunner;            System.out.println("This application is created to display runners' position."+"\n" +"NO ties possible between them.");            //get the first runner's info            Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);            System.out.println("#1 Please enter your name: ");            firstName = scan.nextLine().toUpperCase();            System.out.println("#1 Enter your finishing time: ");            firstRunner = scan.nextDouble();                            //get the second runner's info            Scanner scan2 = new Scanner (System.in);            System.out.println("#2 Please enter your name: ");            secondName = scan2.nextLine().toUpperCase();            System.out.println("#2 Enter your finishing time: ");            secondRunner = scan2.nextDouble();                                  //get the third runner's info            Scanner scan3 = new Scanner(System.in);            System.out.println("#3 Please enter your name: ");            thirdName = scan3.nextLine().toUpperCase();            System.out.println("#3 Enter your finishing time: ");            thirdRunner = scan3.nextDouble();                       //determine for the first position            if(firstRunner < secondRunner && firstRunner < thirdRunner)                 {                      firstPlace = firstName;                 }            else if(secondRunner < firstRunner && secondRunner < thirdRunner)                 {                      firstPlace = secondName;                 }            else                 {                      firstPlace = thirdName;                 }                      //determine for the first position                      if(firstRunner < secondRunner && firstRunner > thirdRunner)                      {                             secondPlace = firstName;                      }                      else if(firstRunner < thirdRunner && firstRunner > secondRunner)                      {                             secondPlace = firstName;                      }                      else if(secondRunner < firstRunner && secondRunner > thirdRunner)                      {                             secondPlace = secondName;                      }                      else if(secondRunner < thirdRunner && secondRunner > firstRunner)                      {                             secondPlace = secondName;                      }                      else                      {                            secondPlace = thirdName;                      }            //determine for the first position            if(firstRunner > secondRunner && firstRunner > thirdRunner)            {                 thirdPlace = firstName;            }            else if(secondRunner > firstRunner && secondRunner > thirdRunner)            {                 thirdPlace = secondName;            }            else            {                 thirdPlace = thirdName;            }                 //printout the result                 System.out.println("Congratulations! "+ firstPlace + ", you are the first Position.");                 System.out.println("Congratulations! "+ secondPlace + ", you are the second position.");                 System.out.println("Congratulations! "+ thirdPlace + ", you are the third position.");            scan.close();            scan2.close();            scan3.close();      } }