// This counts the number of times a string matching the // given regular expression can be found in the given text. function CountValue( strText, reTargetString ){ var intCount = 0; // Use replace to globally iterate over the matching // strings. strText.replace( reTargetString, // This function will get called for each match // of the regular expression. function(){ intCount++; } ); // Return the updated count variable. return( intCount ); }