# Count Occurrences of string
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718 "2024-02-08T23:56:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718/1 "2024-02-08T23:56:31Z")
I'd like to count the number of times a specific string is present withing a field.
My goal is to give my songs an Explicit Score by counting the number of choice words present within the lyrics.
I currently have an explicit rating that checks if the lyrics have a number of "choice words" or those same choice words with \*\* to "censor" the word. For me this indicates a clean version or radio edit of a song.
Id like to be able to count the number of occurrences so that I can see how "problematic" a song may be to play publicly but im not sure where to start
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718/2 "2024-02-09T06:21:17Z")
This is an expression that tells you the folderdepth in a path:
`$add($len($regexp(%_path%,'[^\\]',)),1)`
So, if you replace the chosen word with a symbol and then check the length of the remaining string, the length of the string equals the number of occurrances.
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718/3 "2024-02-09T06:52:03Z")
Genius, thank you. I will try this 1st thing in the morning
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718/4 "2024-02-09T16:56:34Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [How can I add a new line to the lyrics?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-add-a-new-line-to-the-lyrics/63722)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-occurrences-of-string/63718/5 "2024-03-10T16:57:13Z")
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