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Python String count() Method


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Description:

This method 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(str, beg= 0,end=len(string))

Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

  • sub: 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:

It returns 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)

This will produce following result:

str.count(sub, 4, 40) :  2
str.count(sub, 4, 40) :  1


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