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Re: [PHP4BETA] New function chrcount From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 04/24/00

At 04:45 PM 4/24/00 -0500, Andrei Zmievski wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Colin Viebrock wrote:
> > How about num_times_char_is_in_string()? :)
> >
> > I'm still rooting for str_chr_freq(), or even just chr_freq(). I realize
> > that etyomologists may cringe at the inexact use of "frequency", but
> > "char_occurence" and "char_tally" look or sound funny, and and agree
> > with Andi that "*_count" is kina ambiguous.
> >
> > How about str_matches() or chr_matches() ?
>
>Well, this is ambiguous too. Is "matches" a noun or a verb here?

What is ambiguous is str_count(). It barely gives you a clue of what the
function does.
num_str_matches() might be more appropriate. Don't save a few characters
just because you want to type less, it is more important that you find a
name which makes sense and that the function's behavior can more or less be
understood by its name.

Andi 

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