Problem 1036. Cell Counting: How Many Draws?

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You are given a cell array containing information about a number of soccer games. Each cell contains one of the following:

• 'H', meaning the home team won
• 'A', meaning the away team won
• 'D', meaning a draw, or tie game

So if

 games = {'D','D','A','H','D','H'}

then

 draws = 3

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