Searching for parts of a string or word

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There is also str.count method:

>>> help(str.count)
Help on method_descriptor:

count(...)
    S.count(sub[, start[, end]]) -> int

    Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring sub in
    string S[start:end].  Optional arguments start and end are
    interpreted as in slice notation.

>>> 'abrakadabra'.count('abra')
2
>>> 'abrakadabra'.count('some')
0