Counting specific letters in words

If I wanted to use a textbox with a word in it, or say a global variable storing that word, how would I go about counting for example all the "A"s in the word? Is that even possible? I can count the letters sure, using len(Word.Text), but I want to count specific letters. Is there a way to achieve this?

You can loop through each letter in the textbox, check if it's a certain letter, and if so, add 1 to a local variable. I'm not at my main PC, so I can't upload a capx, but it would be something like:

Local varaible "A Count" = 0

Repeat (len(textbox.text))

    {

    If lowercase(mid(textbox.text,loopindex,1)) = "a"

        {

        add 1 to local variable "A Count"

        }

     }

If you're still having difficulty, let me know and I'll upload a capx when I get a chance.

oh dude awesome. That's a very ingenious way to make it work!

Also you can totally upload a capx so I can see it in greater detail. I'm trying to make it work myself, but I'd like to see how you did it.

Demo

Capx

Actually I got it working, but thanks a lot!