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
