* How to get count of a specific character
@ 2014-02-04 14:29 Angus Comber
2014-02-04 14:44 ` Nicolas Richard
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From: Angus Comber @ 2014-02-04 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I have a buffer which is a massive long line of names followed by semi-colon. I want to get a list of the number of names I have. I can highlight the region and use wc to get count of words and divide by 2 to get a rough measure.
But it would be an easy task if I could simply get a count of the number of semi-colon characters?
Does anyone know a way to get this?
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2014-02-04 14:29 How to get count of a specific character Angus Comber
@ 2014-02-04 14:44 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-02-04 14:48 ` Thorsten Jolitz
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From: Nicolas Richard @ 2014-02-04 14:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Angus Comber; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Angus Comber <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a buffer which is a massive long line of names followed by
> semi-colon. I want to get a list of the number of names I have. I can
> highlight the region and use wc to get count of words and divide by 2
> to get a rough measure.
>
> But it would be an easy task if I could simply get a count of the number of semi-colon characters?
>
> Does anyone know a way to get this?
>
highlight region and:
M-x count-matches RET ; RET
--
Nico.
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2014-02-04 14:29 How to get count of a specific character Angus Comber
2014-02-04 14:44 ` Nicolas Richard
@ 2014-02-04 14:48 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-02-04 14:49 ` Loris Bennett
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From: Thorsten Jolitz @ 2014-02-04 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Angus Comber <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a buffer which is a massive long line of names followed by
> semi-colon. I want to get a list of the number of names I have. I
> can highlight the region and use wc to get count of words and divide
> by 2 to get a rough measure.
>
> But it would be an easy task if I could simply get a count of the
> number of semi-colon characters?
>
> Does anyone know a way to get this?
Maybe
,------------------------------
| C-x h M-x count-matches RET ;
`------------------------------
i.e. using `mark-whole-buffer' and 'count-matches'.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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2014-02-04 14:29 How to get count of a specific character Angus Comber
2014-02-04 14:44 ` Nicolas Richard
2014-02-04 14:48 ` Thorsten Jolitz
@ 2014-02-04 14:49 ` Loris Bennett
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From: Loris Bennett @ 2014-02-04 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Angus Comber <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a buffer which is a massive long line of names followed by
> semi-colon. I want to get a list of the number of names I have. I
> can highlight the region and use wc to get count of words and divide
> by 2 to get a rough measure.
>
> But it would be an easy task if I could simply get a count of the
> number of semi-colon characters?
>
> Does anyone know a way to get this?
If you do
M-x re-builder
when you are in the buffer and then enter ";" as the regex, the number
of matches will be displayed.
Cheers,
Loris
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* Re: How to get count of a specific character
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@ 2014-02-04 15:28 ` Angus Comber
2014-02-04 15:34 ` Nicolas Richard
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From: Angus Comber @ 2014-02-04 15:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 14:44:21 UTC, Nicolas Richard wrote:
> Angus Comber <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>
> > I have a buffer which is a massive long line of names followed by
>
> > semi-colon. I want to get a list of the number of names I have. I can
>
> > highlight the region and use wc to get count of words and divide by 2
>
> > to get a rough measure.
>
> >
>
> > But it would be an easy task if I could simply get a count of the number of semi-colon characters?
>
> >
>
> > Does anyone know a way to get this?
>
> >
>
>
>
> highlight region and:
>
> M-x count-matches RET ; RET
>
Brilliant, thanks. Note you have to escape ;
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