From 4fe97f8f42ae9cf88ef90706d39bcc2bb5a94a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:54:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] faster countScalar

---
 src/countScalar.zig | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/countScalar.zig b/src/countScalar.zig
index 995167b3f1a1de5fec5dab983ce4d71f214cb116..b6c6e421c1245599a03b71196fa7e01c94126615 100644
--- a/src/countScalar.zig
+++ b/src/countScalar.zig
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ const string = []const u8;
 const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
 
 pub fn countScalar(comptime T: type, haystack: []const T, needle: T) usize {
+    var i: usize = 0;
     var found: usize = 0;
 
-    for (haystack) |item| {
-        if (item == needle) {
-            found += 1;
-        }
+    while (std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(T, haystack, i, needle)) |idx| {
+        i = idx + 1;
+        found += 1;
     }
+
     return found;
 }
 
-- 
2.54.0