public class Ch1 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(increment_decrement(new String[]{"--x", "x++", "x++"})); System.out.println(increment_decrement(new String[]{"x++", "++x", "x++"})); System.out.println(increment_decrement(new String[]{"x++", "++x", "--x", "x--"})); } private static int increment_decrement(String[] arr) { int x = 0; for (String s : arr) { if (s.contains("++")) x++; else x--; } return x; } }