Unicode Intrinsic Functions - OccurrencesIn Method

Find the number times the string occurs in a variable

Member of Unicode Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.IUnicodeIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name	Type	Data Type	Description
Result	*Result (Optional)	Integer	Resulting number
String	*Input	Unicode String	String to be searched
StartPosition	*Input (Optional)	Integer	Position at which to start searching

Details

OccurencesIn returns the number of times the string can be found in the string supplied in the String parameter, starting from the character specified in the Startposition parameter.
 
OccurrencesIn is case sensitive.

Example

In this example, if #String contained "ABC", the result would be 3

#Occurences := #String.OccurencesIn( "ABCDEABCDEABCDE" )

See also

All Component Classes

Technical Reference

LANSA Version 15, April 2020