Replace String with increasing numer [SOLVED]

[Yoriz]

paragraph = (
    "This example is an example on how to make an example with the"
    " word example. the example ends here with an example. for example"
)

target = "example"


def replace_occurence_count(paragraph: str, target: str) -> str:
    occurances = paragraph.count(target)
    for number in range(1, occurances + 1):
        paragraph = paragraph.replace(target, f"{number}", 1)
    return paragraph


print(replace_occurence_count(paragraph, target))

Output:
This 1 is an 2 on how to make an 3 with the word 4. the 5 ends here with an 6. for 7

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@bowlofred
For a simple counter, you can use itertools count

from itertools import count

counter = count(1)
print(next(counter))
print(next(counter))

Output:
1
2