Bob Counter in Python

Question

Using Python 2.7, I was attempting to count the number of occurances of \'bob\' in the phrase \'bobbbobobboobobookobobbobbboj.\' To do this, I wrote the code below:

Answer 1

Guess i am a little bit late, but you can try this:

from re import findall

    def bobcount(word):
        return len(findall(r'(bob)', word.lower()))