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Python List count()

The count() method returns the number of times the specified element appears in the list.

Example

# create a list numbers = [2, 3, 5, 2, 11, 2, 7] # check the count of 2 count = numbers.count(2) print('Count of 2:', count) # Output: Count of 2: 3

Syntax of List count()

The syntax of the count() method is:

list.count(element)

count() Parameters

The count() method takes a single argument:

• element - the element to be counted

Return value from count()

The count() method returns the number of times element appears in the list.

Example 1: Use of count()

# vowels list vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'i', 'u'] # count element 'i' count = vowels.count('i') # print count print('The count of i is:', count) # count element 'p' count = vowels.count('p') # print count print('The count of p is:', count)

Output

The count of i is: 2 The count of p is: 0

Example 2: Count Tuple and List Elements Inside List

# random list random = ['a', ('a', 'b'), ('a', 'b'), [3, 4]] # count element ('a', 'b') count = random.count(('a', 'b')) # print count print("The count of ('a', 'b') is:", count) # count element [3, 4] count = random.count([3, 4]) # print count print("The count of [3, 4] is:", count)

Output

The count of ('a', 'b') is: 2 The count of [3, 4] is: 1

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