Ghidra Script: Count Referenced Strings

CountReferencedStrings.java

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//This script counts the references to existing strings.
//@category Analysis

import java.util.*;

import ghidra.app.script.GhidraScript;
import ghidra.program.model.address.Address;
import ghidra.program.model.mem.Memory;
import ghidra.program.util.DefinedDataIterator;
import ghidra.program.model.listing.Data;

public class CountReferencedStrings extends GhidraScript {

	@Override
	public void run() throws Exception {

		monitor.setMessage("Finding Strings with References");
		int referencedCount = 0;
		int totalCount = 0;
		for (Data nextData: DefinedDataIterator.definedStrings(currentProgram) ) {
			Address strAddr = nextData.getMinAddress();
			int refCount = currentProgram.getReferenceManager().getReferenceCountTo(strAddr);
			totalCount++;
			if (  refCount > 0 ) {
				referencedCount++;
			}
		}

		println("Number of referenced strings found: " + referencedCount);
		println("Total number of strings found: " + totalCount);
	}
}

better way to iterate strings:

for(Data data: DefinedDataIterator.definedStrings(currentProgram) ) { .... }

@dev747368 - Thank you, this is very helpful! I will get the script updated shortly.