Get a count for a pattern using python

Question

In the following how to count the number of times that __TEXT__ appears in the variable sing python

    a="This is __TEXT__ message to test __TEXT__ message"

possible duplicate of [Count occurrence of a character in a Python string](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1155617/count-occurrence-of-a-character-in-a-python-string) — kennytm, Aug 13 '10 at 07:18

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '10 at 07:20

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a.count("__TEXT__")

answered Aug 13 '10 at 07:20

Eric Snow

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