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Ruby | String count() Method

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count is a String class method in Ruby. In this method each parameter defines a set of characters to which is to be counted. The intersection of these sets defines the characters to count in the given string. Any other string which starts with a caret ^ is negated.
Syntax:str.count(parameter_list) Parameters: Here, str is the given string. Returns: The numbers of the characters.
Example 1: Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the count method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
str = "String Counting"
puts str.count "ing"
Output:
7
Example 2: Ruby
# Ruby program to demonstrate 
# the count method 
     
# Taking a string and 
# using the method
str = "String Counting"
puts str.count "^ing"

str2 = "Ruby Method\\r\\n"

puts str.count "\\"
Output:
8
0

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