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harbour-core/harbour/source/tools/chrcount.c
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/*
* $Id$
*/
/*
* GT CLIPPER STANDARD HEADER
*
* File......: chrcount.c
* Author....: Andy M Leighton
* BBS.......: The Dark Knight Returns
* Net/Node..: 050/069
* User Name.: Andy Leighton
* Date......: 23/05/93
* Revision..: 1.00
*
* This is an original work by Andy Leighton and is placed in the
* public domain.
*/
/*
* $DOC$
* $FUNCNAME$
* GT_CHRCOUNT()
* $CATEGORY$
* String
* $ONELINER$
* Count the number of times a character appears in a string
* $SYNTAX$
* GT_ChrCount(<cChr>, <cStr>) --> nFreq
* $ARGUMENTS$
* <cChr> - The character to find the frequence of
* <cStr> - The string in which to find the character
* $RETURNS$
* nFreq - The number of times <cChr> occurs in <cStr>
* $DESCRIPTION$
* GT_ChrCount() counts how many times a specified character
* appears in a string.
*
* NOTE:
* invalid parameters will return -1
* $EXAMPLES$
*
* ? GT_ChrCount("t", "the cat sat on the mat") // prints 4
*
* $END$
*/
#include "extend.h"
HARBOUR HB_GT_CHRCOUNT( void )
{
char *s1, *s2;
int count, pos2, len;
if (ISCHAR(1) && ISCHAR(2)) {
s1 = hb_parc(1);
s2 = hb_parc(2);
len = hb_parclen(2);
/* loop through s2 matching passed character (s1) with
each character of s1 */
for (count = 0, pos2 = 1; pos2 <= len; s2++, pos2++)
if (*s1 == *s2) /* character matches s1 */
count++; /* increment counter */
hb_retni(count); /* return result */
} else {
hb_retni(-1); /* parameter mismatch - error -1 */
}
}