Hallo Schnaps,
lies mal das:
perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation
If you want a count of a certain single character (X) within a string, you can use the tr/// function like so:
$string = "ThisXlineXhasXsomeXx'sXinXit";
$count = ($string =~ tr/X//);
print "There are $count X characters in the string";
Grüße Oesi