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This string handling template returns the number of times that a pattern or search-string occurs in a source string. Counts non-overlapping matches only.
Usage
[edit]{{Str count|source string|pattern|plain_flag}}
If there is no occurrence of the source string in the pattern, this template returns 0.
Parameters
[edit]There are three parameters; the first two are required:
|source=– the source string. Required; alias:|1=.|pattern=– the search-string or pattern to look for in the source string. Required; alias:|2=.|plain=– a boolean flag indicating that pattern should be understood as plain text and not as a Scribunto ustring pattern (a unicode-friendly Lua-style regular expression). Optional; default: true.
Examples
[edit]{{str count|aabbacccaddaeeeeaffff|a}}→ 5{{str count|0123456789ABCDEF|X}}→ 0{{str count|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch|:}}→ 1{{str count|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch|a}}→ 4{{str count|abababa|aba}}→ 2 // counts non-overlapping occurrences (matches must be disjoint)