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    started a topic counting a collection of letters within a string
    in Python

    counting a collection of letters within a string

    Hi
    I am trying to write code that will return all instances of a collection of letters in a string variable...
    I can get a count returned, but it does not cater for letters that are used twice... for example

    Code:
    s = 'ajsfhbababnsnbabnndbab'
n = s .count (str('bab'))
print 'Number of times bab occurs is: ' + str(n)
    The code returns 3 instances but actually it is 4 - it is not...
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    • blackpaddycat
      replied to appending user entered items to array, then displaying them
      in Python
      Ah, Thanks very much dwblas, and also for the reference to the style guide as well. V new to python, and indeed programming.
      Have now got the code working for 2.7 and 3.3.
      Feeling pleased rather than frustrated. Not very good at this programming malarky!
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      • blackpaddycat
        started a topic appending user entered items to array, then displaying them
        in Python

        appending user entered items to array, then displaying them

        OK, so I am trying to make a shopping list which appends each item entered to an array until the user enters "0"
        I have got this far and it just doesnt work :-(
        Would really appreciate some suggestions or pointers!
        Thanks very much!

        Code:
        ShopList = [] 
ListItem= ()
print("To make a shopping list")
print("Enter the items, when you have finished press 0 to display the list.")
        ...
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        Last edited by Rabbit; Jun 19 '14, 03:49 PM. Reason: Please use [code] and [/code] tags when posting code or formatted data.
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