Count a symbol
Difficulty: Easy
Return how many times the one-character target occurs in s. Matching is case-sensitive.
Examples
'banana', 'a'3'', 'x'0'AAA', 'a'0Constraints
s has at most 10,000 characters; target contains exactly one code point.
Review lesson: Python’s string modelA little nudge
Reveal one hint at a time. Give yourself a moment to try it.
Worked solution
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Complexity
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