Count number of occurrences of a given substring in a string

Question

How can I count the number of times a given substring is present within a string in Python?

For example:

>>> \'foo bar foo\'.numberOfOccurre         


        

Answer 1

string="abc"
mainstr="ncnabckjdjkabcxcxccccxcxcabc"
count=0
for i in range(0,len(mainstr)):
    k=0
    while(k