Me! Just because i'm contrary. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aye, but after all, technically, for the question how many times does "pp" > occur in "pppppp", the correct answer is 3, unless you care about the fact > that pString overlaps. In that case the problem becomes more complex. But > who would want to know that?? > > Bob > > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > > Was a pretty snazzy solution. Only problem I can see is if you were > > searching say for "pp" in a string that has "pppppp" (you get what I > mean) > > If you want to match 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4, 4 and 5, 5 and 6 it won't > > work but if you want to match and eliminate 1 2, 3 4 etc its dandyfine. > So > > it would depend on the desired result. > > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am everyone's Uncle. Still, no repeat loops needed. See my solution. > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Jerry Jensen wrote: > >> > >>> The offset() function has a third parameter: chars to skip. So if you > >> call offset in a loop with the third param set to the previous result, > and > >> count loops until it returns 0, Bob's your uncle. > >>> > >>> On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > >>> > >>>> function substringCount pChar, pString > >>>> put 0 into theCount > >>>> repeat for each char theChar in pString > >>>> if theChar is pChar then > >>>> add 1 to theCount > >>>> end if > >>>> end repeat > >>>> return theCount > >>>> end substringCount > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Would work out nicely if there is not built in function for this. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> View this message in context: > >> > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Get-number-of-occurrences-of-one-string-in-another-tp4412675p4412707.html > >>>> Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> use-livecode mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
