Python: Count number of substrings with same first and last characters of a given string

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Substrings with same first and last char.

Write a Python program to count the number of substrings with the same first and last characters in a given string.

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# Function to count substrings with equal ends
def no_of_substring_with_equalEnds(str1):

  result = 0;
  
  # Get string length
  n = len(str1);

  # Generate all substrings
  for i in range(n):
    for j in range(i, n):
      
      # Check if ends are equal
      if (str1[i] == str1[j]):
        result = result + 1

  return result

# Get input string  
str1 = input("Input a string: ")

# Print result
print(no_of_substring_with_equalEnds(str1))

Sample Output:

Input a string:  abc
3

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

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• Write a Python program to implement this substring check using recursion and compare the results with an iterative approach.

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