GT_CHRTOTAL()

Find number of times a set of characters appears in a string

Syntax

GT_ChrTotal(<cChrs>, <cStr>) --> nTotOcc

Arguments

<cChrs> - The set of characters <cStr> - The string to search

Returns

<nTotOcc> - The number of times the characters specified in <cChrs> appears in <cStr>

Description

Returns the numnber of occurrences of characters belonging to the set in the string . If no characters in appears in GT_ChrTotal() will return 0.

NOTE: invalid parameters will return -1

Examples

local cStr1 := "the cat sat on the mat"
? GT_ChrTotal("tae", cStr1) // prints 10
? GT_ChrTotal("zqw", cStr1) // prints 0

Status

Ready

Files

Library is libgt