Use the Occurrence component
Count how many times a character or word appears in a text body by using the Occurrence component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.
Before you begin
Role required: none
About this task
You can configure the properties for the Occurrence component. For more information about these properties, see Properties of the String Utilities components.
Procedure
In the Toolbox pane, navigate to Utilities > String Utilities.
Drag the Occurrence component to the Design surface.
To configure the text fields, see Configure port properties.
Connect the data and control ports of the Occurrence component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.
Port type Purpose of connection Mandatory? Data In (Text) Takes the text that the component searches from a previously executed component. Yes Data In (pattern) Takes the word or character that the component searches for the number of occurrences from a previously executed component. Yes Data In (IgnoreCase) Takes the Boolean value to indicate whether the component ignores the case while searching for occurrences from a previously executed component. No Data Out (Return) Returns the number of occurrences of the character or word as an integer and passes to the next component. Yes Control In Connects to the Control Out port of one or more components. Yes Control Out Connects to the Control In port of another component or the default end component. No To test the component, under the DESIGN tab, click Run.
Parent Topic:String utilities