Code Challenge 3.5 - Count Occurrences

Objective

Count how many times a specific value occurs in an array.

Skills to Practice

• Array manipulation
• Indexing

Challenge Tasks

• Create a console project named Challenge 3-5.
• Prompt the user to input elements into a collection.
  • You may choose whether the elements are integers or floating point numbers.
  • Let the user specify the size of the collection.
• Prompt the user to enter a specific value to count within the array.
• Count the occurrences of the specified value within the array without using any built-in count methods.
• Display the count to the user in a clear and formatted manner.

Lists

You may complete this code challenge using a list.

Sample Output

1
Enter the size of your collection: 6 [Enter]
2
Enter element 1: 5 [Enter]
3
Enter element 2: 3 [Enter]
4
Enter element 3: 5 [Enter]
5
Enter element 4: 7 [Enter]
6
Enter element 5: 5 [Enter]
7
Enter element 6: 8 [Enter]
8

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Enter the value to count: 5 [Enter]
10
The value 5 appears 3 times in the collection.