count--how many times a string(im searching for that string) will come in an existing text file.(dont count if it is in comments)

[mnb]

create a vi that opens an existing file(text file)  (im using labview version 7)

and count ---howmany times a string(im searching for this string ) will come in that file(dont count if it is in the comments like it is followed by 😉

take example like 

im searching  for a string named "lab" in a text file

if the  file has data like as follows

 lab lab lab

lab

gjjhjhjklj

;lab khhjkkjj lab llab                                              (dont count here becasue the line is a comment it is followed by 😉

;       lab

lab  jhjjk kkl  ;ghgggjkj lab

now count is 5.(i want count as 5)

send a solution for this problem

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

What have you tried so far for this homework? Please post your code.

And hope the coffee has been good this morning

[altenbach]

This problem is somewhat related to one of the past coding challenges:

http://www.ni.com/devzone/lvzone/codechallenge7.htm

http://www.ni.com/devzone/lvzone/codechallenge7_results.htm

Maybe you can get some ideas, shouldn't be too hard at all. 😉