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Python String count() Method
Description
Python string method count() returns the number of occurrences of substring sub in the range [start, end]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.
Syntax
str.count(sub, start= 0,end=len(string))
Parameters
sub − This is the substring to be searched.
start − Search starts from this index. First character starts from 0 index. By default search starts from 0 index.
end − Search ends from this index. First character starts from 0 index. By default search ends at the last index.
Return Value
Centered in a string of length width.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python str = "this is string example....wow!!!"; sub = "i"; print "str.count(sub, 4, 40) : ", str.count(sub, 4, 40) sub = "wow"; print "str.count(sub) : ", str.count(sub)
Result
str.count(sub, 4, 40) : 2 str.count(sub) : 1
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