[dba-VB] Count a character in a string

Hmmm, two ways I can think of.

One:

Dim strRecordLine() as array
strRecordline=split(yourstringhere,"|")
NumberOfSeperatorCharacters=UBound(strRecordline)+1

Two:
Dim strTemp as String
strTemp=Replace(yourstring,"|","")
#ofCharacters=Len(yourstring)-len(strTemp)

Drew

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Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:24 PM
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Subject: [dba-VB] Count a character in a string

I do a lot of CSV stuff.  One of my file suppliers gives me files that 
throw an error when I try to import them and so I am writing tools to 
try and troubleshoot these files.  I need to be able to count the times 
that the field separator character is contained in a line.  The error I 
am getting says the line is too long but I have determined that is not 
the case.  I suspect that perhaps the field separator character is in 
the line too often.

So, if I have a line that looks like:

asdf|qwert|zxcv|mnbv

Other than just iterating through the string character by character, is 
there a way to get a count of the | character in the string?
-- 
John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
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