Understanding python count function

Question

I am a beginner in python ,I came across a problem in understanding count fun in python.

txt = "hi"
x = txt.count("")
y = len(txt)
print("output for fun count",x)
print("output for fun len" , y)

The output for count is 3,Friends let know why I got the answer 3,how does it ended up with that value.

This question was already asked. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40192449/why-are-str-count-and-lenstr-giving-different-output — Yuri Ginsburg, Jan 02 '22 at 07:18
What answer do you think you should get instead? Why? Why does it make sense to you, to use `.count` in this way? — Karl Knechtel, Jan 02 '22 at 07:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '22 at 07:19

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Count function counts the appearance of value in the string As much as I know. You are counting apperance of empty string. "" Appears 3 times, 1st time before "h", 2nd time between "h" and "i", 3rd time after "i". As much as I know

answered Jan 02 '22 at 07:19

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 02 '22 at 07:21

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In your case, it counts the “gaps” in the string. That is the number of characters + 1

answered Jan 02 '22 at 07:21

A. Guy

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But I didn't give any gaps . – Bala Viswasree Jan 02 '22 at 10:29
You count the number of empty substring in the input. You can fit an empty substring between each letter (that is what I called gaps), and at the start and the end of the string. – A. Guy Jan 02 '22 at 16:38

Understanding python count function

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