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

At 12:52 AM 4/25/00 +0300, Andi Gutmans wrote:
>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.

Another possiblity is:
substr_count()

Andi 

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Andi Gutmans <andi <email protected>>
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