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Function count the occurrences of substring in a string
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/** Function that count occurrences of a substring in a string; | |
* @param {String} string The string | |
* @param {String} subString The sub string to search for | |
* @param {Boolean} [allowOverlapping] Optional. (Default:false) | |
* | |
* @author Vitim.us https://gist.github.com/victornpb/7736865/edit | |
* @see Unit Test https://jsfiddle.net/Victornpb/5axuh96u/ | |
* @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4009756/how-to-count-string-occurrence-in-string/7924240#7924240 | |
*/ | |
function occurrences(string, subString, allowOverlapping) { | |
string += ""; | |
subString += ""; | |
if (subString.length <= 0) return (string.length + 1); | |
var n = 0, | |
pos = 0, | |
step = allowOverlapping ? 1 : subString.length; | |
while (true) { | |
pos = string.indexOf(subString, pos); | |
if (pos >= 0) { | |
++n; | |
pos += step; | |
} else break; | |
} | |
return n; | |
} |
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Thanks for this! I would like to use your function in an open-source project. What is the license of your code?