From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2007-08-04T04:03:10+09:00
Subject: Re: How to find out the number of pattern matched?

Li Chen wrote:

> I search a pattern in a string. How do I know how many times the pattern
> is found/matched?

string.scan(pattern).length

HTH,
Sebastian
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