"Count the number of occurrences of a character in a string"

This technical problem involves writing a function that takes a string and a character as arguments, and returns the number of times the character appears in the string.

Problem

Your task is to write a function that takes two arguments, a string and a character, and returns the number of times the character appears in the string.
Example input: "hello world", "o"
Example output: 2

Solution

This solution is in SQL. Our A.I. can create solutions in multiple languages.
by sarastevens 
SELECT LENGTH(string) - LENGTH(REPLACE(string, character, '')) AS count
FROM table
WHERE string = 'hello world' AND character = 'o';

/*

The above solution is optimal because it uses the built-in LENGTH and REPLACE functions to find the number of times the character appears in the string.

*/
A.I. Evaluation of the Solution

The solution provided is a valid solution that uses built-in functions to solve the problem. The approach is sound and the solution is complete.

Evaluated at: 2022-11-11 10:15:14