From 6a5550ffe217b912bc2cf5ea2e210e1cfe27d0ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:04:05 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 01/22] Added test for count(::Char,::String)

---
 test/regex.jl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index 595a3417cd33f..087673805b7f8 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     @test count(r"\w+", "foo bar", overlap=true) == 6
     @test count(r"\w*", "foo bar") == 4
     @test count(r"\b", "foo bar") == 4
+    @test count('a',"batman") == 2
 
     # Unnamed subpatterns
     let m = match(r"(.)(.)(.)", "xyz")

From 0b83779ee742a688b58897320a346c8a105c5159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:15:44 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 02/22] Accept Char as input to count(t,::String)

This change solves an issue raised in this post, in which searching for a char in a string results in a Method error: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/method-for-counting-characters-in-string-count-a-batman-vs-count-a-batman/51153
---
 base/regex.jl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index 8ee07fbc006cc..ecf2f08014344 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ end
 
 """
     count(
-        pattern::Union{AbstractString,AbstractPattern},
+        pattern::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern},
         string::AbstractString;
         overlap::Bool = false,
     )
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.
 !!! compat "Julia 1.3"
      This method requires at least Julia 1.3.
 """
-function count(t::Union{AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)
+function count(t::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)
     n = 0
     i, e = firstindex(s), lastindex(s)
     while true

From 289ec69423e93db018b12c0cf854f4cc267b418b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 10:55:34 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 03/22] Added tests for count with char as argument

with overlap=true and empty string
---
 test/regex.jl | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index 087673805b7f8..71f009b00005d 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@
     @test count(r"\w+", "foo bar", overlap=true) == 6
     @test count(r"\w*", "foo bar") == 4
     @test count(r"\b", "foo bar") == 4
+    # count with char as argument
     @test count('a',"batman") == 2
+    @test count('a',"aaa",overlap=true) == 3
+    @test count('a',"") == 0
 
     # Unnamed subpatterns
     let m = match(r"(.)(.)(.)", "xyz")

From 1bcf8cf55675c0e5ad7fdce7502e0dd9a5847202 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 13:01:43 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 04/22] Update base/regex.jl

Co-authored-by: Stefan Karpinski <stefan@karpinski.org>
---
 base/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index ecf2f08014344..f18ff887aad3e 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ If `overlap=true`, the matching sequences are allowed to overlap indices in the
 original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.3"
-     This method requires at least Julia 1.3.
+     This method requires at least Julia 1.3; using a character as the pattern requires Julia 1.6+.
 """
 function count(t::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)
     n = 0

From cee7e883e565e19ebffb4a4836016cbc05760823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 13:18:01 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 05/22] added test with non-ascii chars

---
 test/regex.jl | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index 71f009b00005d..9c8580f1ce264 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@
     @test count(r"\w*", "foo bar") == 4
     @test count(r"\b", "foo bar") == 4
     # count with char as argument
-    @test count('a',"batman") == 2
-    @test count('a',"aaa",overlap=true) == 3
-    @test count('a',"") == 0
-
+    @test count('a', "batman") == 2
+    @test count('a', "aaa",overlap=true) == 3
+    @test count('a', "") == 0
+    @test count('→', "OH⁻ + H₃CBr →  (HOH₃CBr⁻)† → HOCH₃ + Br⁻") == 2
+    
     # Unnamed subpatterns
     let m = match(r"(.)(.)(.)", "xyz")
         @test haskey(m, 1)

From bdd70713d0f95b5b34f2bbb7c591fb66a834ff6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 13:49:01 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 06/22] added method findall(::Char,::String)

---
 base/regex.jl | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index f18ff887aad3e..289c209943879 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -396,6 +396,27 @@ function findall(t::Union{AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; ov
     return found
 end
 
+"""
+    findall(c :: AbstractChar, s :: AbstractString)
+  
+Return a vector `I` of the indices of `s` where `s[i] == c`. If there are no such 
+elements in `s`, return an empty array.
+
+# Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> findall('a', "batman")
+2-element Vector{Int64}:
+ 2
+ 5
+```
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.6"
+     This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
+
+"""
+findall(c :: AbstractChar, s :: AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
+    
+
 """
     count(
         pattern::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern},

From 2a5049ee395bcf57b57597c0e0d0594c6430cfe9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 13:52:41 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 07/22] added tests for findall with Char as argument

---
 test/regex.jl | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index 9c8580f1ce264..268573edbce2c 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
     @test findall(r"\w+", "foo bar", overlap=true) == [1:3, 2:3, 3:3, 5:7, 6:7, 7:7]
     @test all(findall(r"\w*", "foo bar") .=== [1:3, 4:3, 5:7, 8:7]) # use === to compare empty ranges
     @test all(findall(r"\b", "foo bar") .=== [1:0, 4:3, 5:4, 8:7])  # use === to compare empty ranges
+    # with Char as argument
+    @test findall('a', "batman") == [2, 5]
+    @test findall('→', "OH⁻ + H₃CBr →  HOH₃CBr⁻ → HOCH₃ + Br⁻") == [17, 35]
+    @test findall('a', "") == Int[]
+    @test findall('c', "batman") == Int[]
 
     # count
     @test count(r"\w+", "foo bar") == 2

From d5e9c2a839d5a6fc1230ba9ea6dc1c7dfbf36d44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 14:11:45 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 08/22] Update test/regex.jl

Co-authored-by: Stefan Karpinski <stefan@karpinski.org>
---
 test/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index 268573edbce2c..cccb7a58abb57 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     @test count(r"\b", "foo bar") == 4
     # count with char as argument
     @test count('a', "batman") == 2
-    @test count('a', "aaa",overlap=true) == 3
+    @test count('a', "aaa", overlap=true) == 3
     @test count('a', "") == 0
     @test count('→', "OH⁻ + H₃CBr →  (HOH₃CBr⁻)† → HOCH₃ + Br⁻") == 2
     

From 08afd207a590a8aa28ea428c724a2921eefe1c18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 14:32:11 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 09/22] removed spaces on type declarations

---
 base/regex.jl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index 289c209943879..ff49597de9f2a 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ function findall(t::Union{AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; ov
 end
 
 """
-    findall(c :: AbstractChar, s :: AbstractString)
+    findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString)
   
 Return a vector `I` of the indices of `s` where `s[i] == c`. If there are no such 
 elements in `s`, return an empty array.
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ julia> findall('a', "batman")
      This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
 
 """
-findall(c :: AbstractChar, s :: AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
+findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
     
 
 """

From e0d605fc500d75ad538f44e51c28d59b82560066 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 16:05:17 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 10/22] update compat entry

---
 base/regex.jl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index ff49597de9f2a..80944117e488f 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ julia> findall('a', "batman")
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.6"
      This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
-
 """
 findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
     
@@ -431,7 +430,10 @@ If `overlap=true`, the matching sequences are allowed to overlap indices in the
 original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.3"
-     This method requires at least Julia 1.3; using a character as the pattern requires Julia 1.6+.
+     This method requires at least Julia 1.3.
+
+!!! compat "Julia 1.6"
+      Using a character as the pattern requires at least Julia 1.6.
 """
 function count(t::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)
     n = 0

From 0c8f92a74def6f0298214a39b39501f59ab0d1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 16:47:16 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 11/22] fixed white spaces

---
 base/regex.jl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index 80944117e488f..f1dd97bdd9c45 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ end
 
 """
     findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString)
-  
-Return a vector `I` of the indices of `s` where `s[i] == c`. If there are no such 
+
+Return a vector `I` of the indices of `s` where `s[i] == c`. If there are no such
 elements in `s`, return an empty array.
 
 # Examples
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ julia> findall('a', "batman")
      This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
 """
 findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
-    
+
 
 """
     count(

From 3c1977a337182481a17f16cf7f0537d7ac8e43e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 16:49:16 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 12/22] fixed white spaces

---
 test/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/regex.jl b/test/regex.jl
index cccb7a58abb57..77a7545eaecef 100644
--- a/test/regex.jl
+++ b/test/regex.jl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     @test count('a', "aaa", overlap=true) == 3
     @test count('a', "") == 0
     @test count('→', "OH⁻ + H₃CBr →  (HOH₃CBr⁻)† → HOCH₃ + Br⁻") == 2
-    
+
     # Unnamed subpatterns
     let m = match(r"(.)(.)(.)", "xyz")
         @test haskey(m, 1)

From ff09c415bc649545fe065c88fe07bc13b3e266e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:22:03 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 13/22] Update base/regex.jl

---
 base/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index f1dd97bdd9c45..beeee42fc2e3e 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ julia> findall('a', "batman")
  5
 ```
 
-!!! compat "Julia 1.6"
+!!! compat "Julia 1.7"
      This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
 """
 findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)

From ca7b4c15294a73a2b6beea887ee76ffe15949492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:22:14 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 14/22] Update base/regex.jl

---
 base/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index beeee42fc2e3e..d35aa5b9e9ee7 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ julia> findall('a', "batman")
 ```
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.7"
-     This method requires at least Julia 1.6.
+     This method requires at least Julia 1.7.
 """
 findall(c::AbstractChar, s::AbstractString) = findall(isequal(c),s)
 

From 5f374f221ea37e943ae871514afd3781ad10934f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:22:30 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 15/22] Update base/regex.jl

---
 base/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index d35aa5b9e9ee7..6cc53b2259752 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.
      This method requires at least Julia 1.3.
 
 !!! compat "Julia 1.6"
-      Using a character as the pattern requires at least Julia 1.6.
+      Using a character as the pattern requires at least Julia 1.7.
 """
 function count(t::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)
     n = 0

From 1bd19ff5b5d6f3da8efc43aa7ec4496a03888916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 14:22:41 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 16/22] Update base/regex.jl

---
 base/regex.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/regex.jl b/base/regex.jl
index 6cc53b2259752..d03938f3177ad 100644
--- a/base/regex.jl
+++ b/base/regex.jl
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ original string, otherwise they must be from disjoint character ranges.
 !!! compat "Julia 1.3"
      This method requires at least Julia 1.3.
 
-!!! compat "Julia 1.6"
+!!! compat "Julia 1.7"
       Using a character as the pattern requires at least Julia 1.7.
 """
 function count(t::Union{AbstractChar,AbstractString,AbstractPattern}, s::AbstractString; overlap::Bool=false)

From ec0285db6ca31cece5feeb2422c05714027b0a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:29:49 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 17/22] count and findall support for Char

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 40f3e00e02a28..0c52bba606b0f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-
+* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings.
 
 Language changes
 ----------------

From 4224af1f90580889423e90eab8f837071c731136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:31:37 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 18/22] Update NEWS.md

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0c52bba606b0f..f8ecc715b3440 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings.
+* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ([#38675]).
 
 Language changes
 ----------------

From b8b454646e9e72245d2c8dd5afc21025237a35d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:34:17 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 19/22] Update NEWS.md

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f8ecc715b3440..e043992d45b89 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ([#38675]).
+* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ((https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)[#38675]).
 
 Language changes
 ----------------

From 40b2002256f26ae09ce9d47e2cccedcd4baf027b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:52:59 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 20/22] findall and count accept Char

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e043992d45b89..425e7b4abfffe 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ((https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)[#38675]).
+* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ([#38675](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)).
 
 Language changes
 ----------------

From 9a15719434a29fc7aa61aa0ce8d182b643ed97d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 16:53:32 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 21/22] Update NEWS.md

---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 425e7b4abfffe..856b8d9a779d0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-* count and findall now accept AbstractChars as first argument to search for characaters in strings ([#38675](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)).
+* count and findall now accept AbstractChar as first argument to search for characters in strings ([#38675](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)).
 
 Language changes
 ----------------

From 7199124b49593da275f2ec3fcd010bb3adef5edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Leandro=20Mart=C3=ADnez?=
 <31046348+lmiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 20:16:10 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 22/22] Update NEWS.md

Co-authored-by: Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@mit.edu>
---
 NEWS.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 856b8d9a779d0..48aebc9344980 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia v1.7 Release Notes
 
 New language features
 ---------------------
-* count and findall now accept AbstractChar as first argument to search for characters in strings ([#38675](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38675)).
+* `count` and `findall` now accept an `AbstractChar` argument to search for a character in a string ([#38675]).
 
 Language changes
 ----------------