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

Below logic will work for all string & special characters

def cnt_substr(inp_str, sub_str):
    inp_join_str = ''.join(inp_str.split())
    sub_join_str = ''.join(sub_str.split())

    return inp_join_str.count(sub_join_str)

print(cnt_substr("the sky is   $blue and not greenthe sky is   $blue and not green", "the sky"))