[Tutor] string.count in Windows vs UNIX

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> UNIX it finds the correct number of occurances (6665 - double-checked 
> with grep -e "Subject: Results:" mail.file | wc -l) but when run on 
> Windows (2K/XP) it stops finding, consistently,  after 4195 
> occurances.

The most likely thing is the different EOF markers.
If its a Unix file it may have a stray CTRL-Z character 
in there (search with grep or vi to see?).

In Unix that won't affect the search coz CTRL Z is not EOF 
but on Windows/DOS it is...

Thats all I can think of.

Alan G.