Suppose that we have a string:
s= "He ate my food"
and I use:
>>>s.find("")
0
>>>s.index("")
0
>>>s.count("")
15
>>> len(s)
14
Why does this happen?
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Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard
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you are counting an empty string, use `s.count(' ')` – Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard Jun 23 '17 at 11:13
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Relevant: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5206466/why-empty-string-is-on-every-string – Chris_Rands Jun 23 '17 at 11:14
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What exactly is surprising you about the results you got? – Jesper Jun 23 '17 at 11:14
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1@JimFasarakisHilliard I think they're asking why a string contains an empty string and why `str.count()` `return`s `15` – Chris_Rands Jun 23 '17 at 11:16
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@Chris_Rands yes this is my question – Paul Daric Jun 23 '17 at 11:17
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@Chris_Rands Martijn's answer covers that too. I don't believe there's a need to say the same things here. – Dimitris Fasarakis Hilliard Jun 23 '17 at 11:17
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1@JimFasarakisHilliard Agreed the dupe is spot on – Chris_Rands Jun 23 '17 at 11:18