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String.countOccurrencesOf("string")


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String.countOccurrencesOf("string")

This function returns the Number of times that the literal 'string' appears in the String. If $MyString contains the word "aardvark", then:

$MyNumber = $MyString.countOccurrencesOf("a"); returns 3

$MyNumber = $MyString.countOccurrencesOf("aa"); returns 1

$MyNumber = $MyString.countOccurrencesOf("r"); returns 2



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