# Count number of string 'appearances'

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**Created:** [February 26, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/count-number-of-string-appearances/282832 "2009-02-26T22:09:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/count-number-of-string-appearances/282832/1 "2009-02-26T22:09:33Z")

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For instance, say I have the string “A man is as good as his word”.

What’s the best way to count the number of times the character ‘a’ appears in the string? (Is there a method/function that I’m not remembering?)