Discover the substring.py

[ATULYA DEEP]

#the string
astr=input()

#substring
pattern=input()

def num_of_patterns(astr,pattern):
astr, pattern = astr.strip(), pattern.strip()
if pattern == '': return 0

ind, count, start_flag = 0,0,0
while True:
    try:
        if start_flag == 0:
            ind = astr.index(pattern)
            start_flag = 1
        else:
            ind += 1 + astr[ind+1:].index(pattern)
        count += 1
    except:
        break
ind1, count1, start_flag1 = 0,0,0
while True:
    try:
        if start_flag1 == 0:
            ind = pattern.index(astr)
            start_flag1 = 1
        else:
            ind += 1 + pattern[ind+1:].index(astr)
        count1 += 1
    except:
        break
print(max(count,count1))
return 0

num_of_patterns(astr,pattern)

[Vartika Yaduvanshi]

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