Java Program of String – Find and replace the character (First occurrence)

Question:

Write a Java program to find a character from a sentence and replace it with another character. If the character is not found in the string print “character not found”.

Note: Replace only the first occurrence.

Sample input 1:

Enter the string:

java programming

Enter the character to be searched:

a

Enter the character to replace:

o

Sample output 1:

jova programming

Sample input 2:

Enter the string:

java programming

Enter the character to be searched:

e

Enter the character to replace:

o

Sample output 2:

character not found

Code:

FirstOccurence.java

import java.util.*;
public class FirstOccurence 
{
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter the string:");
        char[] str=sc.nextLine().toCharArray();
        
        System.out.println("Enter the character to be searched:");
        char srch=sc.next().charAt(0);
        
        System.out.println("Enter the character to replace:");
        char replace=sc.next().charAt(0);
        
        int flag=0;
        int len=str.length;
        for(int i=0;i<len;i++)
        {char r=str[i];
            if(r==srch)
            {
                str[i]=replace;
                flag++;
                break;
            }
        }
        if(flag==0)
        {
            System.out.println("character not found");
        }
        else
        {
            for(char i : str)
            {
                System.out.print(i);
            }
        }
    }
}

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