UiPath string character count

[Ritaman_Baral]

In a string I have hyphen
Provide please the syntax to count the no of hypen in a string

Thanks in advance

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

[lrtetala (Lakshman Reddy)]

@Ritaman_Baral

In a string I have hyphen
Provide please the syntax to count the no of hypen in a string

Hi @Ritaman_Baral

"Lak-sh-man-redd-dy".Count(Function(c) c = "-")

[rlgandu (Rajyalakshmi Gandu)]

@Ritaman_Baral

Assign activity:

Variable: hyphenCount (Integer)

Value:
yourString.Count(Function(c) c = “-”)

[pikorpa (Piotr Kołakowski)]

Hey @Ritaman_Baral
you can use:
numberOfHyphens = yourString.Count(Function(c) c = "-"c)
or
numberOfHyphens = yourString.Length - yourString.Replace("-", "").Length
or
numberOfHyphens = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Matches(yourString, "-").Count