write a function to count the number of semicolons in a github repo by downloading the repo by a url without using the git cli in matlab

main.m
function semicolonCount = countSemicolonsInGithubRepo(repoUrl)
% This function takes a url of a Github repository and returns the total count of semicolons in all .m files in the repo
% Usage:
%   semicolonCount = countSemicolonsInGithubRepo('https://github.com/username/repo')
% Arguments:
%   repoUrl: A string containing the URL of the Github repository to be searched
% Returns:
%   semicolonCount: An integer containing the total count of semicolons in all .m files in the repo

% 1. Get the list of all .m files in the repository using the Github REST API
apiUrl = [repoUrl '/contents/'];
apiData = webread(apiUrl);
fileNames = apiData([apiData.type] == "file" & endsWith({apiData.path}, '.m'));
totalSemicolons = 0;

% 2. Download each .m file and count the semicolons in it
for i = 1:length(fileNames)
    fileUrl = fileNames(i).download_url;
    fileData = webread(fileUrl);
    semicolonCount = count(fileData, ';');
    totalSemicolons = totalSemicolons + semicolonCount;
end

semicolonCount = totalSemicolons;
end
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