(Occurrences of a specified character)

Question

Write a function that finds the number of occurrences of a specified character in the string using the following header: def count(s, ch): For example, count("Welcome", 'e') returns 2. The str class has the count method. Implement your function without using the count method. Write a test program that reads a string and a character and displays the number of occurrences of the character in the string.

Answer 1

def count(s, ch):

count = 0

for char in s:

if char == ch:

count += 1

return count

# Test program

def main():

# Read input string and character

input_string = input("Enter a string: ")

input_char = input("Enter a character: ")

# Count occurrences of the character in the string

occurrences = count(input_string, input_char)

# Display the result

print(f"The character '{input_char}' occurs {occurrences} time(s) in the string.")

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()