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# countOccurrences

> Counts the occurrences of a target character in a given string.

## Signature

```typescript path=null start=null theme={null}
countOccurrences(str: string, targetChar: string): number
```

## Parameters

* **str**: `string` - The input string.
* **targetChar**: `string` - The character to count occurrences of.

## Returns

`number` - The number of occurrences of `targetChar` in `str`.

## Source

Defined in [string.ts:123](https://github.com/koji/ichigyou/blob/main/src/string.ts#L123)