Python List count() Method
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Description
The method count() returns count of how many times obj occurs in list.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for count() method
list.count(obj)
Parameters
obj -- This is the object to be counted in the list.
Return Value
This method returns count of how many times obj occurs in list.
Example
The following example shows the usage of count() method.
#!/usr/bin/python
aList = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc', 123];
print "Count for 123 : ", aList.count(123);
print "Count for zara : ", aList.count('zara');
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:
Count for 123 : 2 Count for zara : 1