# count_code



**Requirements:**
```eval_rst
- :ref:`fundamentals:substrings and slicing`
- :ref:`fundamentals:if, else`
- :ref:`fundamentals:loop through a string (while)`
- :ref:`fundamentals:loop with an accumulator variable`

```


Output the number of times that the string "code" appears anywhere in the inputted string, except we'll accept any letter for the `'d'`, so `"cope"` and `"cooe"` count.

This exercise was taken from [codingbat.com](https://codingbat.com/prob/p123614) and has been adapted for the Python language. There are many great programming exercises there, but the majority are created for Java.






### Test 1
**Input:**
```
'aaacodebbb'
```
**Output:**
```
1
```
### Test 2
**Input:**
```
'codexxcode'
```
**Output:**
```
2
```
### Test 3
**Input:**
```
'cozexxcope'
```
**Output:**
```
2
```
### Test 4
**Input:**
```
'cozfxxcope'
```
**Output:**
```
1
```
### Test 5
**Input:**
```
'xxcozeyycop'
```
**Output:**
```
1
```
### Test 6
**Input:**
```
'cozcop'
```
**Output:**
```
0
```
### Test 7
**Input:**
```
'abcxyz'
```
**Output:**
```
0
```
### Test 8
**Input:**
```
'code'
```
**Output:**
```
1
```
### Test 9
**Input:**
```
'ode'
```
**Output:**
```
0
```
### Test 10
**Input:**
```
'c'
```
**Output:**
```
0
```
### Test 11
**Input:**
```
''
```
**Output:**
```
0
```
### Test 12
**Input:**
```
'AAcodeBBcoleCCccoreDD'
```
**Output:**
```
3
```
### Test 13
**Input:**
```
'AAcodeBBcoleCCccorfDD'
```
**Output:**
```
2
```
### Test 14
**Input:**
```
'coAcodeBcoleccoreDD'
```
**Output:**
```
3
```