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08.06.07
Coldfusion: Counting Word Instances In A String
 By Raymond Camden
Yesterday in the IRC channel someone asked if there was a way to count the number of times each unique word appears in a string.
While it was obvious that this could be done manually (see below), no one knew of a more elegant solution. Can anyone think of one? Here is the solution I used and it definitely falls into the "manual" (and probably slow) category.
First I made my string:
Next I created a structure:
Note that this will be inherently case-insenstive, which I think is a good thing. At this point we are done, but I added some display code as well:
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About the Author:
Raymond Camden, ray@camdenfamily.com
http://ray.camdenfamily.com
Raymond Camden is Vice President of Technology for roundpeg, Inc. A long
time ColdFusion user, Raymond has worked on numerous ColdFusion books
and is the creator of many of the most popular ColdFusion community web
sites. He is an Adobe Community Expert, user group manager, and the
proud father of three little bundles of joy.
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