Python: Find the position of the second occurrence of a given string in another given string
Python Basic - 1: Exercise-99 with Solution
Write a Python program to find the position of the second occurrence of a given string in another given string. If there is no such string return -1.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
def find_string(txt, str1):
return txt.find(str1, txt.find(str1)+1)
print(find_string("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "the"))
print(find_string("the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "the"))
Sample Output:
-1 31
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