That is true. If it's not a character count that is needed, this would break
words. DISTINCT VALUES, GET TEXT KEYWORDS, and Count in array would help in
that case.
> On Apr 9, 2019, at 3:37 PM, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
> wrote:
>
> That will not work, as you would also change then, therefore etc. I
> did not think it 100% through, but putting in an array would solve the
> problem as you could see if position = search word and only increment
> when iot did. You would also have to decide is The = the etc
>
> Regards
> Chuck
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 4:29 PM Keith Culotta via 4D_Tech
> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>
>> ...and this. It's probably slower than using Position, but I'd have to test
>> to be sure. (3 Lengths and 1 Replace string)
>>
>> C_LONGINT($count;$len1;$len2;$lenFind)
>>
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>>
>> $len1:=Length($string)
>> $find:="the"
>> $lenFind:=Length($find)
>> $string2:=Replace string($string;$find;"";*) // optional *
>> $len2:=Length($string2)
>>
>> $count:=$len1-$len2/$lenFind
>>
>> ALERT(String($count))
>>
>> Keith - CDI
>>
>>> On Apr 9, 2019, at 3:05 PM, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
>>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not sure what you are really asking for. I think you have to roll your
>>> own in any case if you have text as follows:
>>>
>>> $string:="this is a test of the find in string. in case you missed the
>>> point."
>>>
>>> To find "the"
>>> There are multiple ways, one is to parse the text into arrays based up
>>> words and find in array. There seems to be a new command in 17 r
>>> release that will do the parse for you
>>>
>>> The second way is to do a position inside a repeat loop
>>> c_Longint($pos_l;$start_l;$Count_L)
>>> $start_l:=0
>>> $Count_L:=0
>>> repeat
>>> $pos_l:=position("the";$string;$start_L)
>>> if($pos_l>0)
>>> $Count_L:=$Count_L+1
>>> $strart_L:=$pos_L+1
>>> end if
>>> until($Pos_L<1)
>>>
>>> You should be able to change the code to use find in array. I might
>>> sort the array first
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Chuck
>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 3:39 PM Peter Mew via 4D_Tech
>>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> Is there a 4D command that will count the number of occurences of
>>>> character, in string
>>>> thanks
>>>> -pm
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