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count (Sifts)
Type	Corrade progressive sift
Sift	`count`
Parameters	a `string` representing a regular expression (regex)
Description	The `count` sift will count the number of items in a list that match a supplied regular expression.
Last Changes	None

The count sift will count the number of items in a list that match a supplied regular expression.

Arguments

Position	Type	Description	Example
`0`	regex string	A regular expression to match each individual element of the list against.	`[0-9]`

The regular expression dialect used by Corrade is the .NET regex dialect.

Example

The following sift when added to a command will skip the first 2 items and then count the number of elements of the list that match the regular expression /[0-9]+?/:

    "sift", wasListToCSV([
        "skip", 2,
        "count", "[0-9]"
    ]),

Effect on Returned Data

Given the input

data=a,1,c,2,e,3,h,4,h,5,j,7

the expected output is:

data=5

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