finding index of element in string python code example

Example 1: python string index od

str.index(sub[, start[, end]] )

Example 2: how to find the indexes of a substring in a string in python

import re
# matches_position_start will be a list of starting index positions
matches_start = re.finditer(word.lower(), string.lower())
matches_position_start = [match.start() for match in matches_start]

# matches_position_end will be a list of ending index positions
matches_end = re.finditer(word.lower(), string.lower())
matches_position_end = [match.end() for match in matches_end]