Modern String TallyChars

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TallyChars

Counts the characters that belong to a set.

Syntax

TallyChars( s, chars [, ic] )

Notes

• O(n*k) — long

Examples

#import "std/strings"
using strings

print TallyChars( "hello world", "lo" )      '' 5 -- l, l, o, o, l
print TallyChars( "hello world", "" )        '' 0 -- an empty set matches nothing
print TallyChars( "Hello World", "LO", true )  '' 5 -- ignoreCase

dim as ustring pw = "s3cr3t!"
print "digits: " & TallyChars( pw, "0123456789" )   '' digits: 2

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Library: String Library
Category: String Library
Documented under: The Functions