count

Computes the number of occurrences of an pattern.

📝 Syntax

• nbocc = count(str, pattern)

• nbocc = count(str, pattern,'IgnoreCase', true)

• nbocc = count(str, pattern,'IgnoreCase', false)

📥 Input argument

• str - a string, string array or cell of strings.

• pattern - a string or string array or cell of strings to find.

📤 Output argument

• nbocc - a matrix of integer values.

📄 Description

count computes the number of occurrences of an pattern.

💡 Example

str = 'To make a mountain out of a molehill';
k = count(str, 'hill')
k = count(str, 'molehill')
k = count(str, 'Hill', 'IgnoreCase', true)

A = {'Nel', 'son'; 'Nelson', 'Modules'}
k = count(A, 'son')

A = ["Nel", "son"; "Nelson", "Modules"]
k = count(A, 'son')

🔗 See also

startsWith, endsWith, contains.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version