Detect the number of times a word shows up in a string - iphone xcode objective-c

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I have a string with alot of text..

I want to detect how many times @"hello" is in the string...

I know how to detect if it is or is开发者_运维百科n't but how do I detect the number of times it appears in the string?

You can use regular expressions for this:

NSRegularExpression *regex = [NSRegularExpression regularExpressionWithPattern:@"\\bhello\\b" options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:NULL];
NSUInteger numberOfMatches = [regex numberOfMatchesInString:someString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [string length])];

NSUInteger count = 0, length = [yourString length];
NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, length); 
while(range.location != NSNotFound)
{
  range = [yourString rangeOfString: @"hello" options:0 range:range];
  if(range.location != NSNotFound)
  {
    range = NSMakeRange(range.location + range.length, length - (range.location + range.length));
    count++; 
  }
}

NSRegularExpression *aRegex = [[NSRegularExpression alloc] initWithPattern:@"Hello" options:NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive error:nil];
NSString *targetString = @"Hello, Albert! Hello, again!";
NSInteger numberOfMatches = [aRegex numberOfMatchesInString:targetString options:0 range:NSMakeRange(0, [targetString length])];
[aRegex release];
NSLog(@"number of matches: %d", numberOfMatches); // 2

You may need to play a little with the regex.