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Lord.of.Wind

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:20 am
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Dear all:

Could you tell me how to how to count the appearance of a char, besides copying it into an array and count the apperance in a loop?

For instance,
How to count the appearance of 'm' in 'ibmmainframes.com' --- how many 'm's in 'ibmmainframes.com'?

Thank you!
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priyesh.agrawal

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:50 am
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How to count the appearance of 'm' in 'ibmmainframes.com' --- how many 'm's in 'ibmmainframes.com'?


Code:
WS-STRING      PIC X(30) Value 'ibmmainframes.com'.
WS-CNTR      PIC X(99) Value ZEROES.

INSPECT WS-STRING TALLYING WS-CNTR FOR "m"
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