Does not the m// when used like:
count = m/<strVar>/ig;
?
TW
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Cornish, Merrill wrote:
> s/// will return the number of replacements it makes. If you replace the
> substring with itself, then you will get the count without _appearing_ to
> make any replacements.
>
> Merrill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roman Melihhov [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:22 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: Regexp?
> > Importance: High
> >
> > Hi,
> > Is there an elegant way to determine number of times substring is repeated
> >
> > within a string except a loop with incrementing counter. Regexp perhaps?
> > Ideas appreciated.
> >
> > Roman.
> >
> >
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