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script.py

# Write your count_multi_char_x function here:
def count_multi_char_x(word,x):
  item = word.split(x)
  return (len(item)-1)
# Uncomment these function calls to test your tip function:
print(count_multi_char_x("mississippi", "iss"))
# should print 2
print(count_multi_char_x("apple", "pp"))
# should print 1


def count_multi_char_x1(word,x):
  if x[0] not in word:
    return 0
  else:
    index_of_first_letter = []
    final_check = []
    for a in range(len(word)):
      if word[a] == x[0]:
        index_of_first_letter.append(a)
    for b in index_of_first_letter:    
      to_be_checked = True
      counter123 = b
      for c in range(1,len(x)):
        counter123 += 1
        if counter123 >=len(word[b:]):
          to_be_checked = False
          break
        else:  
          if x[c] != word[int(counter123)]:
            to_be_checked = False
      final_check.append(to_be_checked)  
    return final_check.count(True)      
   

  
# Uncomment these function calls to test your tip function:
print(count_multi_char_x1("mississippi", "iss"))
# should print 2
print(count_multi_char_x1("apple", "pp"))
# should print 1