Is there a function in c# that returns x times of given char or string. Or

[Saanvi]

Is there a function in c# that returns x times of given char or string. Or I must code it?

Thank you
Saanvi sharma

[pty]

Unfortunately there's not a function that drives traffic to your crappy website either!

[rproffitt]

Try https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7601171/how-to-repeat-a-set-of-characters

[Begginnerdev]

Below you will find a very brute force way or measuring this:

   Private Function CountChar(ByVal c As Char, ByVal sSource As String, ByVal bCaseSensitive As Boolean) As Integer
    Try
        If Not bCaseSensitive Then
            sSource = sSource.ToLower
            c = Char.ToLower(c)
        End If
        Dim istart As Integer = InStr(sSource, c)
        Dim istop As Integer = InStrRev(sSource, c)
        Dim count As Integer = 0

        For i = istart To istop
            'add 1 for index
            If sSource.Contains(c) Then count += 1
            If sSource(i) = c Then
                count += 1
            End If
        Next

        Return count
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error!")
        Return 0
    End Try
End Function

You will call the code like so:

iCount = CountChar("a"c, sMyString, True)

This will return the number of lower case a's in the string sMyString.

[Begginnerdev]

Below you will find a very brute force way or measuring this:

      int CountChars(char cChar, string sString, bool bCaseSensitive)
    {
        if (!bCaseSensitive)
        {
            cChar = Char.ToLower(cChar);
            sString = sString.ToLower();
        }

        if (sString.IndexOf(cChar) == -1)
        {
            return 0;
        }
        else
        {
            int i;
            int iCount = 0;
            int iStart = sString.IndexOf(cChar);

            for (i = iStart; iStart == sString.Length - 1; iStart++)
            {
                if (sString[i] == cChar)
                {
                    iCount++;
                }
            }
            return iCount;
        }   
    }

You can chose to tell the function to check for case sensitivity or not.

EDIT Once I posted this code, I saw it was the C# forum. I have fixed the code.

[xrjf]

The function you're asking for may well be Regex's class:

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Public Class SearchCharOrString
    Private Sub btnGo_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnGo.Click
        Try
            Dim cnt As Int32 = countCharOrString(
                tbSearch.Text, tbIn.Text, chkSens.Checked)
            lblCount.Text = "Count: " + cnt.ToString
        Catch ex As Exception

        End Try
    End Sub
    Function countCharOrString(search As String, inString As String, bCaseSensitive As Boolean)

        Dim re As Regex = Nothing
        If bCaseSensitive Then
            re = New Regex(Regex.Escape(search))
        Else
            re = New Regex(Regex.Escape(search), RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
        End If
        Dim count As Int32 = re.Matches(inString).Count
        Return count
    End Function