There are several ways to do this i'm sure. If you want to search a field you can use find in a function for the task
-- I put this in a button. Find empty ensures we start at the beginning of the field. -- the repeat loop goes until the findit function returns false, adding 1 to the total each successful find. on mouseUp find empty repeat while findIt("p",the long id of field 1) put the foundchunk & return after msg add 1 to tCount end repeat put tCount after msg end mouseUp function findIt tString, tContainer find string tString in tContainer if the result is not "not found" then return true else return false end if end findIt Similar could be done with offset(), Loop with offset, using the startposition from a previous successful offset to designate the starting point for the next offset until no match is found. The benefit of offset is that it can be used on any container, I believe find is only for fields. I don't think matchtext of matchchunk would work very well for this but I could be wrong. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:19 PM, David Beck <da...@rotundasoftware.com>wrote: > > Is there any way, in the native LiveCode language, to check for the number > of occurrences of one string in another? FOr example: > > put substringCount( "p", "apple" ) > // returns 2 > > just curious > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode