Kaya 0.5.2 reference for Regex::count

Int count(Regex patt, String str)

Arguments

• patt: A compiled regular expression
• str: The String to count in

Usage

Count the number of (non-overlapping) matches for patt in str. Note that this function will not give meaningful results for patterns containing ^ or $.

count(compile("abc"),"abcdefgh"); // 1
count(compile("a"),"abcdefebcda"); // 2
count(compile("a.[^a]"),"aabbccaabbccaa"); // 2

Related

• compile
• split