Question

How to find the first occurrence of a pattern in a string from some starting position in Python

Answer 1

text = "abcdefgaaahijklaaaamnopqaaaaarst"
pattern = "aaa"
start_position = 11  # Starting position to search from

# Find the first occurrence of the pattern starting from the given position
found_position = text.find(pattern, start_position)

if found_position != -1:
    print(f"Pattern found at position: {found_position}")
else:
    print("Pattern not found!")



'''
run:

Pattern found at position: 15

'''

 

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