Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > This works but is a bit slow, I guess I'll have to live with it. > > Any chance this could be sped up in python? > > Sure (untested code): > > def count_with_overlaps(needle, haystack): > count = 0 > pos = 0 > while True: > where = haystack.index(needle, pos)
Oops -- 'find', not 'index' -- sorry (it WAS untested;-). > if where == -1: return count > count += 1 > pos = where + 1 Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
