String length excluding input string/character

Long story short, I want to replicate the String Length function but to not include an input string in the character count. For example:
The input (search) string is "the".
My first string to test is "The big red dog."
This would return a string length of 13.
My second string is "Jumps over the lazy fox."
This would return a length of 21.
"Hello World!" would return 12.
"The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe" would return 26.
Hopefully you can see what I'm trying to achieve. How is this possble?
- James
(I am runnnig Labview 8.5)
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Use the Search and Replace String to replace your "exclusion string" with an empty string. Use the String Length on the resulting string. Make sure the Relace All is set to TRUE.
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