Counts the number of times a pattern appears on a list

Pattern_Counter.py

def count_pattern(pattern, lst):
    lenP = len(pattern)
    #print("lenP",lenP)
    lenL = len(lst)
    #print("lenL",lenL)
    total = 0
    if(lenL >= lenP):
        for i in range(0, lenL):
            #print("repetition #:"+str(i))
            match = False
            if(pattern[0]==lst[i]):
                #print("-"+pattern[0]+"- matches in position "+str(i))
                #print(str(lenP+i-1))
                if((lenP+i-1)<lenL):
                    #print("inside the if statement lol")
                    for j in range(0,lenP):
                        #print("inside the for lol")
                        if(pattern[j]==lst[j+i]):
                            #print("inside the second if lol")
                            if(j == (lenP-1)):
                                match = True
                            continue
                        else:
                            break
            if(match==True):
                total +=1
    else:
        total = 0
    return total
    
count_pattern(('a', 'b', 'a'), ('g', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a'))
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