Hi All,
I need help to understand hoe does this find() works in the case of, find Total occurrences of a substring.
This is my assignment question.
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That aside https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_find.asp doesn't do this count. You would have to wrap …
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I am doing some searches on Google, if I find any relevant sources will update the question.
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What is the answer to the total occurrences when the string is "aaaaaaaaa" and the substring is "aa"? For some it will be 5 and others will be around 8.
That aside https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_string_find.asp doesn't do this count. You would have to wrap find() with code to step through the string and increment a count on each success of find().
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