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Get the number of occurrences of the specified character in the source string.

Syntax

function StringCharsCount(const s: string; ch: char): integer;

Parameters and return values

Parameter	Type	Value
s	string	source string;
ch	char	one character.

Function result

A number of occurrences of the specified character in the source string. If no occurrences or the string is empty — the function returns 0.

Example

const
  LYRICS = 'I''m waking up to ash and dust'#13#10 + 
           'I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust'#13#10 +
           'I''m breathing in the chemicals'#13#10 +
           'I''m breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus'#13#10 +
           'This is it, the apocalypse'#13#10 +
           'Whoa'#13#10 +
           'I''m waking up, I feel it in my bones'#13#10 +
           'Enough to make my systems blow'#13#10 +
           'Welcome to the new age, to the new age'#13#10 +
           'Welcome to the new age, to the new age';
var
  sData, s: string;
  iCount: integer;
begin
  sData := LYRICS;
  
    while length(sData) > 0 do begin
      s := Fetch(sData, CRLF);
      mLogScript(s, '"i" count = ' + IntToStr(StringCharsCount(LowerCase(s), 'i')));
    end;
end.

Script work result

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 2] I'm waking up to ash and dust

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 3] I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 4] I'm breathing in the chemicals

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 6] I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 3] This is it, the apocalypse

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 0] Whoa

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 5] I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 0] Enough to make my systems blow

[22:43:33] (Log "StringCharsCount"): ["i" count = 0] Welcome to the new age, to the new age

[22:43:33] (Run "StringCharsCount"): Script operation time: 3 ms

[22:43:33] (Run "StringCharsCount"): Script done successfully.

MyChat Scripts: function StringCharsCount, get the number of the character occurrences in the string