Re: Counting occurences...

[Douglas Wilson]

On 04/26/00, ""Justin Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" wrote:
> What is the easiest way to get a count of a certain character in a string.
> For instance if I wanted to count periods in an FAQ line like:
> 
> 1.4.6.3

RTM
perldoc -q count

$_ = "1.4.6.3";
$cnt = tr/.//;

HTH,
Douglas Wilson

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