from string import*
def countSubStringMatch(target,key):
"count the number of the key string in the target"
targetone=target+"@"
answer=find(target,key)
number=0
if answer

Question

from string import*
def countSubStringMatch(target,key):
    "count the number of the key string in the target"
    targetone=target+"@"
    answer=find(target,key)
    number=0
    if answer<0:
        print number
    else:
        i=answer
        number=1
        while i<=find(targetone,"@"):
            answer=find(target,key,i)
            if answer<0:
                break
            else:
                i=answer+1
                number=number+1
        print number-1
is this code recursive or iterative?

anonymous · Answer

Your function isn't calling itself, so that would make it iterative.