String Intrinsic Functions - OccurrencesIn Method
Find the number times the string occurs in a variable
Member of String Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICommonStringIntrinsics)
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Data Type |
Description |
Result |
*Result (Optional) |
Integer |
Resulting number |
String |
*Input |
String |
String to be searched |
StartPosition |
*Input (Optional) |
Integer |
Position at which to start searching |
Details
OccurencesIn returns the number of times the string can be found in the string supplied in the String parameter, starting from the character specified in the Startposition parameter.
OccurrencesIn is case sensitive.
Example
In this example, if #String contained "ABC", the result would be 3
#Occurences := #String.OccurencesIn( "ABCDEABCDEABCDE" )