>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>Just wondering if occurs should be implemented the same way as in SQL Server?
>>>
>>>E.g.
>>>

>>>string.Length - String.replace(stringToTest,"").Length

>>>
>>
>>
>>What's wrong with String.Contains() ? Why do you need a replace()
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Found this implementation also
>>>
>>>http://www.dotnetperls.com/string-occurrence
>>>
>>>wondering if I should go with my first idea or this one.
>>>
>>>Found this discussion
>>>
>>>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/541954/how-would-you-count-occurences-of-a-string-within-a-string-c
>>>
>>>I think I may need two separate methods - one for string and one for char.
>
>Contains returns boolean. I need number of occurrences. I checked that thread in stackoverflow, looks like it doesn't matter for a single test which method to implement. Just wondering if my current implementation is OK as is:
>
>

> /// <summary>
>      /// Occurs function
>      /// </summary>
>      /// <param name="source"></param>
>      /// <param name="pattern"></param>
>      /// <returns></returns>
>      public static Int32 Occurs(this String source, char pattern)
>      {
>         return source.Split(pattern).Length - 1;
>      }
>
>      public static Int32 Occurs(this String source, String pattern)
>      {
>         return (source.Length - source.Replace(pattern, "").Length)/pattern.Length;
>      }

From the link you provided this was supposed to be fasted for char matching:

int length = testchars.Length;
for (int n = length-1; n >= 0; n--)
{
    if (testchars[n] == '/')
        count++;
}