asked on 11/16/2017

number of words

I have a letter America
how may letter s of A we have in this
how to find it using a select statement

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Rgonzo1971

11/16/2017

HI,

you could try

SELECT REGEXP_COUNT('America', 'A', 1, 'i') REGEXP_COUNT
   FROM DUAL;

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or for words

SELECT REGEXP_COUNT('America,Canada;Japan.', '\b\w+\b', 1, 'i') REGEXP_COUNT
   FROM DUAL;

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slightwv (䄆 Netminder)

11/16/2017

>>or for words

That gives me a 0 on 12c.

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