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Re: [PHP4BETA] New function chrcount From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 04/25/00

Nope and I also vote for substr_count() and so does Zeev who suggested it
in the first place :)

Andi

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Cynic wrote:

> I'm probably late (it's 10AM here), but I vote for substr_count().
>
> At 00:55 25.4.2000 +0300, Andi Gutmans wrote the following:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >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()
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