# Write your count_multi_char_x function here:
def count_multi_char_x(word, x):
  word_split = word.split(x)

  return(len(word_split)-1)


# Uncomment these function calls to test your function:
print(count_multi_char_x("mississippi", "iss"))
# should print 2
print(count_multi_char_x("apple", "pp"))
# should print 1