Added function to get nth occurrence of a string in another string.

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The Wobbler 2024-03-24 18:42:43 +01:00
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commit 6161c081b1

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@ -111,5 +111,29 @@ def rsap(old: str, replace: str, position: int):
return old[:position] + replace + old[position + 1:]
def find_nth_occurrence(string: str, substring: str, n: int):
"""
Find the nth occurrence of a substring in a string.
:param int n: 0 is the first occurrence
:return: -1 when the substring was not found, 0 is the first character.
"""
if len(substring) == 1: # make sure the replace string is not the substring (in rare cases, it might not work)
if substring == "a":
rep = "b"
else:
rep = "a"
else:
if not substring in "a" * len(substring):
rep = "a" * len(substring)
else:
rep = "b" * len(substring)
return string.replace(substring, rep, n - 1).find(substring)
if __name__ == "__main__":
example()