RosettaCodeData/Task/Count-occurrences-of-a-substring/Visual-Basic-.NET/count-occurrences-of-a-substring.visual
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Module Count_Occurrences_of_a_Substring
Sub Main()
Console.WriteLine(CountSubstring("the three truths", "th"))
Console.WriteLine(CountSubstring("ababababab", "abab"))
Console.WriteLine(CountSubstring("abaabba*bbaba*bbab", "a*b"))
Console.WriteLine(CountSubstring("abc", ""))
End Sub
Function CountSubstring(str As String, substr As String) As Integer
Dim count As Integer = 0
If (Len(str) > 0) And (Len(substr) > 0) Then
Dim p As Integer = InStr(str, substr)
Do While p <> 0
p = InStr(p + Len(substr), str, substr)
count += 1
Loop
End If
Return count
End Function
End Module