Finding Occurence of comma in a Variable ( KORN Shell)

DeepakXavier · #1 (**permalink**) 11-11-2005

All

I want to find the occurence of comma in a variable in KORN shell. For example :

var = test,test2,test3 ....

finding occurence of comma in this variable. Result = 3 now.

Please help me to write the code.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Deepak

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-11-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeepakXavier

All

I want to find the occurence of comma in a variable. For example :

var = test,test2,test3 ....

finding occurence of comma in this variable. Result = 3 now.

and why is it 3?
could you explain the algorithm a bit clearer with a better example?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeepakXavier

Please help me to write the code.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Deepak

mona · #3 (**permalink**) 11-14-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeepakXavier
All

I want to find the occurence of comma in a variable in KORN shell. For example :

var = test,test2,test3 ....

finding occurence of comma in this variable. Result = 3 now.

Please help me to write the code.

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Deepak

Try the below command to find out the exact number of "," in the variable var

Code:

echo $var | tr -c -d "," | wc -c

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