Search returns total number of matches?
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:09 pm
Is there a search or "Match" that can return the total number of matches in a chunk or string? For example, finding the total number of tabs in string? The only way I see is to change the itemDel and count the items:
Is there a better way? This way isn't awful.. but... if there is a more "logical" way I would like to know. Also once again... that silly itemDel thing can get confusing. Do I need to do that with the itemDel inside that if then or will it "reset" after? I am never quite sure when to "reset" itemDel and lineDel.
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put tab&tab&tab&tab into myVar -- just for this explanation. That isn't how the tabs got there. ;)
get matchText(myVar,"(\011+)",tabCount)
if it is true then
put the itemDel into gOldDel
set the itemDel to tab
put the number of items in tabCount into tabCount
set the itemDel to gOldDel
else
put 0 into tabCount
end if
answer tabCount -- returns 4