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<p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" />%count = $SubCnt(string, substring) | <p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" />%count = $SubCnt(string, substring) | ||
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<p class="caption">%count is the count of occurrences of '''substring''' in '''string'''.</p> | |||
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For example | For example |
Revision as of 22:49, 24 October 2012
Count occurrences of one string in another
Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no OO equivalent for the $SubCnt function.
This function counts the occurrences of one string in another.
The $SubCnt function accepts two arguments and returns a numeric result that is the count of occurrences of the second argument string in the first argument string.
The first argument is an arbitrary string.
The second argument is another arbitrary string.
Syntax
<section begin="syntax" />%count = $SubCnt(string, substring) <section end="syntax" />
For example
%JUNK = $SubCnt('ABCDABAB', 'AB')
would set %JUNK to 3 and
%JUNK = $SubCnt('WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH', - 'WEHAVE')
would set %JUNK to 0 and
%JUNK = $SubCnt('WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH', 'E')
would set %JUNK to 4.