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For word = "banana", how many times do a, an and n appear?
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For word = "banana", how many times do a, an and n appear?
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count() counts the places where the smaller text appears.
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word.count("a")is3. The letter a is at positions 1, 3 and 5.word.count("an")is2:anappears at positions 1 and 3.word.count("n")is2.
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