ListValueCount

returns a count of the number of occurrences of a value in a list

Method Signature

ListValueCount(list=[string], value=[string], delimiter=[string], includeEmptyFields=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
list	string	true	The list to be searched.
value	string	true	The value to locale
delimiter	string	false	The list delimiter(s)	,
includeEmptyFields	boolean	false	Whether to include empty fields in the search	false

Examples

Simple Example

Counts instances of 'foo' in the list, ignoring case

Run Example

listValueCountNoCase( "foo,bar,lorem,Foo,ipsum", "foo" );

Result: 2

Example with Custom Delimiter

Counts instances of 'foo' in the list with a custom delimiter, ignoring case

Run Example

listValueCountNoCase( "bar|Foo|lorem,ipsum|me|foo,something|foo|FOO", "foo", "|" );

Result: 3

Additional Examples

Run Example

List = "boxlang,ACF,boxlangExt,boxlang, ext,BOXLANGEXT";
writeDump( ListValueCount( list, "boxlang" ) ); // It return's 2
writeDump( ListValueCount( list, "boxlangExt" ) ); // It return's 2 because it case Insensitive
List2 = "boxlang@ACF@boxlangExt@boxlang@ext@BOXLANGEXT";
writeDump( ListValueCount( list2, "boxlang", "@" ) );

Related

• GetToken

• ListAppend

• ListAvg

• ListChangeDelims

• ListCompact

• ListContains

• ListContainsNoCase

• ListDeleteAt

• ListEach

• ListEvery

• ListFilter

• ListFind

• ListFindNoCase

• ListFirst

• ListGetAt

• ListIndexExists

• ListInsertAt

• ListItemTrim

• ListLast

• ListLen

• ListMap

• ListNone

• ListPrepend

• ListQualify

• ListReduceRight

• ListRemoveDuplicates

• ListRest

• ListSetAt

• ListSome

• ListSort

• ListToArray

• ListTrim

• ListValueCountNoCase