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