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 Also Read: