I've a problem when i tried to count how many time a word appears into a txt file. 1/ I create a textfield ( txta ) 2/ I create a button to apply the action ( btn ) 3/ I create a textarea ( area ) that is the place where the content of the file is displayed When I select the file, the content of the file is displayed on area, then I enter the word in txta to search and then I clicked the btn but the code is not working public int contarPalabras(String chain, String word) { // Recibe un string y una palabra y devuelve la cantidad de veces que encontró esa palabra en el string. // Si no encuentra la letra devuelve (-1). int cant = 0; int intIndex = chain.indexOf(word); if(intIndex == - 1){ cant = -1; }else{ cant = intIndex; } return cant; }