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MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)

 

STR.Count

Counts Occurrences of a Substring or Characters in a String

 

 

Intention

 

This command is used to count the number of occurrences of a specified substring or set of characters within a source string.

•The command is case-sensitive.

•If the match string is not present in the source string, zero is returned.

•When a match is found, the scan for the next match begins at the position immediately following the prior match.

 

 

 

 

Syntax

 

 

STR.Count|P1|P2[|P3]

 

 

 

Parameter Explanation

 

•P1 - (Source String) The main string in which to count occurrences.

•P2 - (Match String) The substring or characters to count.

•P3 - (Optional) Variable for the result. If omitted, the result is placed on TOS (Top Of Stack).

 

 

 

 

Example

 

'***********************************

' STR.-Sample

'***********************************
$$SRC=<abcabcabc>

$$MAT=<abc

STR.Count|$$SRC|$$MAT|$$CNT

' $$CNT will contain "1"

MBT.$$CNT

ENR.

 

 

 

 

 

Remarks

 

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Limitations:

 

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See also:

 

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