diff --git a/basics.py b/basics.py
index 8dbe163..9bcfb6a 100644
--- a/basics.py
+++ b/basics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-myfile = open("fruits.txt")
-content = myfile.read(6)
-myfile.close()
+def countstring(character, filepath):
+    myfile = open(filepath)
+    content = myfile.read()
+    myfile.close()
+    return(content.count(character))
 
-print(content)
\ No newline at end of file
+print(countstring("a", "fruits.txt"))
\ No newline at end of file