Counts how many times the substring appears in the larger String. : String substring « Data Type « Java
Counts how many times the substring appears in the larger String.
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public class Main {
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Counts how many times the substring appears in the larger String.</p>
*
* <p>A <code>null</code> or empty ("") String input returns <code>0</code>.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.countMatches(null, *) = 0
* StringUtils.countMatches("", *) = 0
* StringUtils.countMatches("abba", null) = 0
* StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "") = 0
* StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "a") = 2
* StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "ab") = 1
* StringUtils.countMatches("abba", "xxx") = 0
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @param sub the substring to count, may be null
* @return the number of occurrences, 0 if either String is <code>null</code>
*/
public static int countMatches(String str, String sub) {
if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(sub)) {
return 0;
}
int count = 0;
int idx = 0;
while ((idx = str.indexOf(sub, idx)) != -1) {
count++;
idx += sub.length();
}
return count;
}
// Empty checks
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.isEmpty(null) = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty("") = true
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" ") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty("bob") = false
* StringUtils.isEmpty(" bob ") = false
* </pre>
*
* <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
* It no longer trims the String.
* That functionality is available in isBlank().</p>
*
* @param str the String to check, may be null
* @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
*/
public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
return str == null || str.length() == 0;
}
}
