UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

COUNTS
Syntax
COUNTS(expr,str.expr)
Description
The UniBasic COUNTS function returns the number of times a substring appears
within each element of an array. The elements in the array you want to search, expr,
must be longer than the substring str.expr. After str.expr is found, the system searches
the array again with the new starting point after the entire first occurrence of str.expr.
If str.expr is not found, COUNTS returns 0. COUNTS supports multibyte languages.
Note: In BASICTYPEs P and M, after UniData finds str.expr, it searches the string
again with the new starting point after the first character of the first occurrence of
str.expr. UniData can find overlapping character strings.
Parameters
The following table describes each parameter of the syntax.
Parameter Description
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expr Specifies the array to search. The elements of this array must be longer than
str.expr.
str.expr Specifies the target string to search for and count occurrences of in elements
of expr.
COUNTS Parameters