I need to count data that the user inputs in python

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I'm very new to python and I'm having trouble with a specific question. I need to count a character or word that the user will input in python. So essentially I have to count whatever the user inputs into 'Please enter a string and please enter a substring'.I added the "h = h.lower" because we have to ensure the string is al lower case. What I have so far is:

def highlight(): 
        h = h.lower()
        print (raw_input("Please enter a string: "))
        print (raw_input("Please enter a substring: "))
        print("There were",  "occurrences of" +str(raw_input))

lower() is used on the strings themselves. You need to assign your inputs to variables, i.e. h = raw_input('Please enter a string: ') — Dylan Lawrence
– Dylan Lawrence, Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 15:12

h1py · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-18 07:20:17Z

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Your question is not clear enough, if you are talking about counting a particular character in a string then use,

str.count(sub[, start[, end]])

Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring sub in the range [start, end]. Optional arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.

word = 'elephant' 
word.count('e') 
#Gives you 2

edited Jan 18, 2014 at 7:20

answered Jan 17, 2014 at 15:18

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ChrisDavies Over a year ago

Im trying to count a specific character. I get that character from whatever someone inputs in python. So i run the code in python and type in a sentence after "Please enter a string". Lets say they type in 'elephant', I want to find all the e's in that word.

h1py Over a year ago

>>> word = 'elephant' >>> word.count('e') >>> 2

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