fast match count of char in string

[Juerg Oehler]

hi,

how do efficent count char 'a' in string "abdaatela" ?

i guess there are better solutions than:

    $tmpstr =~ s/[^a]//g ;
    $cnt = length ($tmpstr) ;
    print ("found <$cnt> a's <$tmpstr>\n");

thanx
george




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