Результаты могут отличаться в зависимости от того, допускаете ли вы перекрытие или нет:
// gcc -std=c99
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
static int
count_substr(const char *str, const char* substr, bool overlap) {
if (strlen(substr) == 0) return -1; // forbid empty substr
int count = 0;
int increment = overlap ? 1 : strlen(substr);
for (char* s = (char*)str; (s = strstr(s, substr)); s += increment)
++count;
return count;
}
int main() {
char *substrs[] = {"a", "aa", "aaa", "b", "", NULL };
for (char** s = substrs; *s != NULL; ++s)
printf("'%s' -> %d, no overlap: %d\n", *s, count_substr("aaaaa", *s, true),
count_substr("aaaaa", *s, false));
}
'a' -> 5, no overlap: 5
'aa' -> 4, no overlap: 2
'aaa' -> 3, no overlap: 1
'b' -> 0, no overlap: 0
'' -> -1, no overlap: -1