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strings.countStr() function

strings.countStr() counts the number of non-overlapping instances of a substring appears in a string.

Function type signature
(substr: string, v: string) => int
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Parameters

v

(Required) String value to search.

substr

(Required) Substring to count occurrences of.

The function counts only non-overlapping instances of substr.

Examples

Count instances of a substring within a string

import "sampledata"
import "strings"

sampledata.string()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.countStr(v: r._value, substr: "p")}))
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