OCCURS Function

Syntax

Count as N = OCCURS(C searchfor,C searchin)

Arguments

searchfor: The character string to find and count.
searchin: The character string to examine.

Description

Returns the number of times one string is found in another.

Discussion

OCCURS() returns the number of times the Find_String is found in the Search_In_String. The Search_In_String cannot be a memo field.

Example

occurs("i", STATE) -> 4, if STATE contains "Mississippi"
occurs("at", "The cat in the hat") -> 2
occurs("ab", "ABCDabcd") -> 1
dim lst as C
lst = 
alpha
beta
alpha
gamma
%str%
? occurs("alpha", lst)
= 2

Limitations

The Find_String argument is case sensitive.