Python list method count() returns count of how many times obj occurs in list.
Following is the syntax for count() method −
list.count(obj)
obj − This is the object to be counted in the list.
This method returns count of how many times obj occurs in list.
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')
When we run above program, it produces following result −
Count for 123 : 2 Count for zara : 1