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Find a string

  • didzis_dti
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    sliding through string looking using index and counting occurences + comments for debug

        a = string
    b = sub_string
    counter = 0
    slider = 0
    while slider <= len(a):
        #print(f"looking for substring {b} in string {a} starting from position {slider}")
        if a.find(b,slider) > -1:
            #print (f"found substring {b} at position {a.find(b,slider)}")
            slider = a.find(b,slider)
            counter += 1
        slider +=1
    return counter