COUNT_CHARS
NAME
Count_chars - Returns information about characters used in a string.
SYNOPSIS
Count_chars(string,asstr)
PARAMETERS
- string
- The input string. To use this function, one has to define an input that will be analyzed. asstr If you put "true" as asstr, it returns the value as a string instead of a context. If you put nothing, it returns the frequency of every byte as value. This is optional.
- asstr
- If you put "true" as asstr, it returns the value as a string instead of as a context. If you put nothing, it returns the frequency of every byte as value. This is optional.
RETURN
- Array
- It returns an array with the byte-value as key and the frequency of every byte as value. This means that it will show you how many times a character is written in the input. It will also return a string containing all unique characters, depending on what you put as asstr.
EXAMPLES
in: res={{count_chars("helloòó worldòó")}}.
out: res={" ":1,"r":1,"d":1,"e":1,"ò":2,"ó":2,"w":1,"h":1,"l":3,"o":2}.
in: res={{count_chars("helloòó worldòó",true)}}.
out: res=heloòó wrd.
SEE ALSO
{{ include("includes/strings.sn") }}
AUTHOR
Written by Pusnei Sergey and Caroline Laplante, <sergey@sednove.com>
MODIFICATIONS
1.0 2014-09-09 21:24:14 laplante@sednove.com
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