From 3adf0c22afe88fc4ddff57b10b9af19d442067e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattrixwv <m_ellison@ymail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 15:22:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added findNumOccurrence function

---
 Algorithms.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Algorithms.ts b/Algorithms.ts
index 0d86108..39e88d2 100644
--- a/Algorithms.ts
+++ b/Algorithms.ts
@@ -605,3 +605,17 @@ function swapString(str: string, first: number, second: number): string{
 
 	return tempStr;
 }
+
+//This function returns the number of times the character occurs in the string
+export function findNumOccurrence(str: string, ch: string){
+	let num: number = 0;	//Set the number of occurrences to 0 to start
+	//Loop through every character in the string and compare it to the character passed in
+	for(let strCh of str){
+		//If the character is the same as the one passed in increment the counter
+		if(strCh == ch){
+			++num;
+		}
+	}
+	//Return the number of times the character appeared in the string
+	return num;
+}