Find number of times a set of characters appears in a string
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Syntax

GT_ChrTotal(<cChrs>, <cStr>) --> nTotOcc

Arguments:

<cChrs> - The set of characters
<cStr> - The string to search

Returns:

nTotOcc - The number of times the characters specified in
<cChrs> appears in <cStr>

Description:

Returns the numnber of occurrences of characters belonging
to the set <cChrs> in the string <cStr>. If no characters
in <cChrs> appears in <cStr> GT_ChrTotal() will return 0.

NOTE:
invalid parameters will return -1

Examples:


local cStr1 := "the cat sat on the mat"

? GT_ChrTotal("tae", cStr1) // prints 10
? GT_ChrTotal("zqw", cStr1) // prints 0

Source: CHRTOTAL.C

Author: Andy M Leighton