Count occurences of Character, C#

Count occurences of Character

//Rextester.Program.Main is the entry point for your code. Don't change it.
//Compiler version 4.0.30319.17929 for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework 4.5

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace Rextester
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
           
            String str = "aaa b bdd h aaa k ";
            int ch = countOccurencesOfChar(str, 'a');
        }
        
        public static int countOccurencesOfChar(String str, char c)
        {
            Dictionary<char,int> dict = new Dictionary<char,int>();
            dict.Add(str[0],1);
            for(int i=1; i< str.Length; i++)
            {
                 if(dict.ContainsKey(str[i]))
                    dict[str[i]]++;
                 else
                     dict.Add(str[i],1);
                    
            }
            foreach (KeyValuePair<char,int> keypair in dict)
            {
                if(keypair.Key==c)
                {
                    Console.Write(keypair.Value);
                    return keypair.Value;
                    break;
                }
                
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }
}


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