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