Better way in Python to count string in another string

Question

This code works, but reading posts on here I get the impression it is probably not a very \"Pythonic\" solution. Is there a better more efficient way to solve this specific

Answer 1

Another possible solution.

>>> a= 'almforeachalmwhilealmleandroalmalmalm'
>>> len(a.split('alm')) - 1
6
>>> q = "abcghabchjlababc"
>>> len(q.split("abc")) - 1
3

Answer 2

Why not use the count method of str?

>>> a = "abcghabchjlababc"
>>> a.count("abc")
3