Compatible Unicode Intrinsic Functions - OccurrencesIn Method

Find the number times the string occurs in a variable

Member of Compatible Unicode Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICompatibleUnicodeIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name

Type

Data Type

Description

Result

*Result (Optional)

Integer

Resulting number

String

*Input

Unicode 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" )


See also

All Component Classes

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