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Python Count method is used to count, How many number of times the sub string is repeated in a specified string. In this article we will show you, How to use Count function to perform counting in Python Programming with example.

Python Count Function Syntax

The basic syntax of the Count function in Python Programming Language is as shown below:

String_Value.count(Sub, Start, End)
  • String_Value: Please select the valid String variable or you can use the String directly.
  • Sub: This argument is required. Count method will look for this sub string inside the String_Value and if it finds then it will return the count value.
  • Start: You can specify the starting value here. For example, if you want to count from middle of a string or at particular index, you can specify here.
  • End: You can specify the end value here. For example, if you want to count up to middle of a string or up to particular index, you can specify here.

Return Value

The string count function will return integer value. For example, If we say, ‘Hell World’.count(‘l’, 0, 7) then count function will start looking for l inside the ‘Hello World’ and return 2 because the index position of end value is 7 (i., r)

Python Count method Example

The following set of examples will help you understand the string count Function in Python Programming Language.

# Python Count Method Example
 
Str1 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'
Str2 = 'a'
 
Str3 = Str1.count(Str2)
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", Str3)

Str4 = Str1.count(Str2, 6, 25)
print("Total Number of a's in Sliced String1 = ", Str4)

Str5 = Str1.count(Str2, 6, len(Str1))
print("Total Number of a's in Sliced String1 = ", Str5)
 
# Performing Count function directly
Str6 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'.count('a', 0, 60)
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", Str6)

OUTPUT

Python Count Example 1

ANALYSIS

In this Python example, First, we declared three String variable Str1, Str2 and assigned corresponding value using following statement

Str1 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'
Str2 = 'a'

Following statement will count the number of times ‘a’ is repeated in Str1 string and prints the output.

Str3 = Str1.count(Str2)
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", Str3)

Following python count statement will slice the string Str1 starting at 6 and up to 25. Within the sliced string, python will count the number of times ‘a’ string is repeated and prints the output.

Str4 = Str1.count(Str2, 6, 25)
print("Total Number of a's in Sliced String1 = ", Str4)

Following statement will slice the string Str1 starting at 6 and up to End (In order to find the end value we used the python Len function). Within the sliced string, python will count the number of times ‘a’ is repeated and prints the output.

Str5 = Str1.count(Str2, 6, len(Str1))
print("Total Number of a's in Sliced String1 = ", Str5)

Below statement we used the Count function directly on String

Str6 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'.count('a', 0, 60)
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", Str6)

Python Count function Alternative 2

In the interview perspective, they may ask you to display the letter Count without using built-in count method. In this example we are going to use for loop to iterate the characters present in String

Str1 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'
Str2 = 'a'

count = 0

for char in Str1:
           if char == Str2:
                      count = count + 1
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", count)

OUTPUT

Python Count Example 2

ANALYSIS

In this count program, first, We used For Loop to iterate the characters present in Str1 String

for char in Str1:

Within the for loop we used If Statement to check whether each of the string character is equal to Str2 or not and if it is True then Count value will be incremented by 1

           if char == Str2:
                      count = count + 1

Last print statement will be used to print the Output

print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", count)

Python Count function Alternative 2

The following example is another alternative method to the String Count function in Python Programming Language.

from collections import Counter

Str1 = 'learn Python at tutorial gateway'
Str2 = 'a'

count = Counter(Str1)[Str2]
print("Total Number of a's in String1 = ", count)

OUTPUT

Python Count Example 3