PYTHON

python get position of character in string

foo = "abcdefc"

# Using find()
foo.find('c')
# Output: 2
foo.find('g')
# Output: -1

# Using index()
# foo.index() is like foo.find(),
# But when the substring is not found, it raises an exception.
foo.index('h')
# ValueError: substring not found

find the index of a character in a string python

my_var = 'mummy'. #Find the position of 'm'

#Using find - find returns the index for the first instance from the left.
my_var.find('m')
# Output: 0

#Using rfind - rfind returns the index for the first instance from the right.
my_var.rfind('m')
# Output: 3
# With find() and rfind(), when substring is not found, it returns -1.

#NB: You can use index() and rindex(). In this case, when the substring is not
# found, it raises an exception.

python position letter in string

string = "This is a string"
position_of_letter_a = string.find('s')
    #output is 8, because the strings starts counting from 0 from left to right
position_from_the_right = string.rfind('s')
    #output is 10, because the strings starts counting from 0 and goes to the last 's' in the string