In Python, how to count the number of occurrences of a character in a string without using the count() function?

In Python, to count the number of occurrences of a character in a string without using the count() function, you have to loop through the string:

# Return the number of occurrences of 
# a given character in a string
def countHandMade(string, char):
  count = 0
  # Loop through the string
  for i in string:
    if i == char:
        count = count + 1
  return count


# Example
string ="AnsWiki"
# Display 1
print (countHandMade(string, 'A'))
# Display 2
print (countHandMade(string, 'i'))

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