Python 3 - List count() Method

Description

The count() method 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/python3

aList = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc', 123];

print ("Count for 123 : ", aList.count(123))
print ("Count for zara : ", aList.count('zara'))

Result

When we run above program, it produces the following result −

Count for 123 :  2
Count for zara :  1