Ruby | String count() Method
Last Updated :
13 Dec, 2019
count is a String class method in Ruby. In this method each parameter defines a set of characters to which is to be counted. The intersection of these sets defines the characters to count in the given string. Any other string which starts with a caret ^ is negated.
Syntax:str.count(parameter_list)
Parameters: Here, str is the given string.
Returns: The numbers of the characters.
Example 1:
str = "String Counting"
puts str.count "ing"
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Output:
7
Example 2:
str = "String Counting"
puts str.count "^ing"
str2 = "Ruby Method\\r\\n"
puts str.count "\\"
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Output:
8
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