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Returns the number of times the POSIX regular expression pattern matches in the string; see Section 9.7.3.

Signatures & examples

regexp_count ( string text, pattern text [, start integer [, flags text ] ] ) → integer
Returns the number of times the POSIX regular expression pattern matches in the string; see Section 9.7.3.
regexp_count('123456789012', '\d\d\d', 2) → 3
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  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 14 → 15added

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