String.count

2016-03-05T02:17:58Z

Nextz: Simplify the function

{{Useful Function}}
<lowercasetitle></lowercasetitle>
__NOTOC__
This function counts how many times a string is found from within another string.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">int string.count(string text, string search)</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
*'''text:''' A string to find the text from
*'''search:''' A string defining what to find

== Code ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function string.count (text, search)
if ( not text or not search ) then return false end

return select ( 2, text:gsub ( search, "" ) );
end
</syntaxhighlight>

Usage:

<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
outputChatBox( string.count( "Just a test string", "t" ) ) -- and the result is 4!
</syntaxhighlight>

Created by Krischkros, Edited by nextz.

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String.count