Answer:
In Java:
public static void countAnimal(String [] animalList,String animal) {
int count=0;
for(int i=0; i<animalList.length; i++ ) {
if(animalList[i].toLowerCase().contains(animal.toLowerCase())) {
count++;
}
}
System.out.print("There are "+count+" "+animal);
}
Explanation:
This line defines the method. The method gets a list of animals and a type of animal as its parameters
public static void countAnimal(String [] animalList,String animal) {
This initializes count to 0
int count=0;
This iterates through the animal list
for(int i=0; i<animalList.length; i++ ) {
This checks if the current animal in the list is the type of animal (e.g. dog, cat, etc).
if(animalList[i].toLowerCase().contains(animal.toLowerCase())) {
If yes, the count variable is incremented by 1
count++;
}
}
This prints the number of animals of that type (e.g. dog, cat, etc).
System.out.print("There are "+count+" "+animal);
}
As an additional explanation:
if(animalList[i].toLowerCase().contains(animal.toLowerCase()))
animalList[i].toLowerCase() --> This converts the string of the current animal to lowercase
animal.toLowerCase() --> This converts the animal (e.g. dogs, cats) to lowercase
.contains -> compares if both strings to check if contains the particular animal
See attachment for complete program
