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How to write a python code for find the “total number of strings found in a file” ?

Syntax of String count

The syntax of count() method is:

string.count(substring, start=..., end=...)

count() Parameters

count() method only requires a single parameter for execution. However, it also has two optional parameters:

substring - string whose count is to be found.

start (Optional) - starting index within the string where search starts.

end (Optional) - ending index within the string where search ends.

Note: Index in Python starts from 0, not 1.

count() Return Value

count() method returns the number of occurrences of the substring in the given string.

Example 1: Count number of occurrences of a given substring

# define string

string = "Python is awesome, isn't it?"

substring = "is"

count = string.count(substring)

# print count

print("The count is:", count)

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Output:

The count is: 2

Example 2: Count number of occurrences of a given substring using start and end

# define string

string = "Python is awesome, isn't it?"

substring = "i"

# count after first 'i' and before the last 'i'

count = string.count(substring, 8, 25)

# print count

print("The count is:", count)

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Output

The count is: 1

Here, the counting starts after the first i has been encountered, i.e. 7th index position.

And, it ends before the last i, i.e. 25th index position.