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//
//
//  Creation Date:  04 January 1999
//
//<doc>
//<name stringArrayCount>
//
//<synopsis>
//		int stringArrayCount(string $item, string[] $list)
//
//<description>
//		Return the number of times the string in $item
//		occurs in the string array $list.
//		Zero is returned if the string is not in the list.
//
//<flags>
//		string $item	The string item to search for in the string array.
//		string[] $list	A list of string values.
//
//<returns>
//		int : The number of occurrences of the string item in the string array.
//
//<examples>
//  string $array1[] = {"item1", "item2", "item1"};
//  // Result: item1 item2 item1 //
//  int $count = stringArrayCount("item1", $array1);
//  // Result: 2 //
//  $count = stringArrayCount("item2", $array1);
//  // Result: 1 //
//  $count = stringArrayCount("plotz", $array1);
//  // Result: 0 //
//
//</doc>
//

global proc int stringArrayCount(string $item, string $list[])
{
	int $result = 0;
	
	string $listItem;
	
	for ($listItem in $list) {
		if ($item == $listItem) $result++;
	}
	
	return $result;
}