public void countChar() {
        try {
            x = new Scanner(new File(fileName));
            while(x.hasNext()) {
                s = x.nextLine();
                for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
                    charCount++;
                }
            }
        System.out.println("I counted " + charCount + " characters.");
        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            //blah blah
        }
    }