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strings.countStr() function

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strings.countStr() counts the number of non-overlapping instances of a substring appears in a string.

Function type signature
js
(substr: string, v: string) => int

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Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) String value to search.

substr

({{< req >}}) Substring to count occurrences of.

The function counts only non-overlapping instances of substr.

Examples

Count instances of a substring within a string

js
import "sampledata"
import "strings"

sampledata.string()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.countStr(v: r._value, substr: "p")}))

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Input data

_time*tag_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Zt1smpl_g9qczs
2021-01-01T00:00:10Zt1smpl_0mgv9n
2021-01-01T00:00:20Zt1smpl_phw664
2021-01-01T00:00:30Zt1smpl_guvzy4
2021-01-01T00:00:40Zt1smpl_5v3cce
2021-01-01T00:00:50Zt1smpl_s9fmgy
_time*tag_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Zt2smpl_b5eida
2021-01-01T00:00:10Zt2smpl_eu4oxp
2021-01-01T00:00:20Zt2smpl_5g7tz4
2021-01-01T00:00:30Zt2smpl_sox1ut
2021-01-01T00:00:40Zt2smpl_wfm757
2021-01-01T00:00:50Zt2smpl_dtn2bv

Output data

_time_value*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z1t1
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z1t1
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z2t1
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z1t1
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z1t1
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z1t1
_time_value*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z1t2
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z2t2
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z1t2
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z1t2
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z1t2
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z1t2

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