Get number of occurrences of one string in another

[Bob Sneidar]

I am everyone's Uncle. Still, no repeat loops needed. See my solution.

Bob


On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote:

> The offset() function has a third parameter: chars to skip. So if you call offset in a loop with the third param set to the previous result, and count loops until it returns 0, Bob's your uncle.
> 
> On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote:
> 
>> function substringCount pChar, pString
>>    put 0 into theCount
>>    repeat for each char theChar in pString
>>         if theChar is pChar then 
>>              add 1 to theCount
>>         end if
>>    end repeat
>>    return theCount
>> end substringCount
>> 
>> 
>> Would work out nicely if there is not built in function for this.
>> 
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