public class HeadsAndTails
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
   System.out.println("For each coin toss enter either ‘h’ for heads or ‘t’ for tails. ");
   String toss1, toss2, toss3, toss4, toss5, toss6, toss7, toss8;
   int heads, tails;
   double percentHeads, percentTails;
   
   System.out.println("First toss:");toss1 = SavitchIn.readLine(); //gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println("Second toss:"); toss2 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println( "Third toss:"); toss3 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println("Fourth toss:"); toss4 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println( "Fifth toss:"); toss5 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println("Sixth toss:"); toss6 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println( "Seventh toss:"); toss7 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
   System.out.println( "Eighth toss:"); toss8 = SavitchIn.readLine();//gets toss letter from user input
    
    System.out.println("First Toss: " + toss1); //states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Second Toss: " + toss2);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Third Toss: " + toss3);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Fourth Toss: " + toss4);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Fifth Toss: " + toss5);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Sixth Toss: " + toss6);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Seventh Toss: " + toss7);//states what the user inputed
    System.out.println("Eighth Toss: " + toss8);//states what the user inputed
    

    heads = ;//unsure of how to count frequence. HELP ON THIS PART
    tails = ;//unsure of how to count frequencies. HELP ON THIS PART!
    
    percentHeads = ((double)heads / 8) * 100; //gets percentage of heads
    percentTails = ((double)tails / 8) * 100; //gets percentage of tails
    
    System.out.println("Number of heads " + heads);
    System.out.println("Number of tails " + tails);
    System.out.println("Percent heads: " + percentHeads);
    System.out.println("Percent tails: " + percentTails);
    
    
    System.out.println("Press any key to exit program.");
    String junk;
    junk = SavitchIn.readLine();
    
  }  
}

My assignment:
The user inputs either an 'h' for heads or 't' for tails for eight tosses,
then the program will print out the total number and percentages of head and tails. I am supposed to use an called increment operator to count, but I looked online everywhere and couldn't find out how to use it. I think I am doing this right, but I am not sure. We are supposed to use SavitchIn.java if you are wondering.

Was this code provided to you and you have to add the functionality that you state, or is this all your code? If this is all your code, do you know what an array is?

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