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.
