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Python List | count method
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Python's List.count(~) method returns the number times a given item occurs in a list.
Parameters
1. element | any type
The element to check count for.
Return Value
Returns the number of occurrences of the element in the list.
Examples
Basic usage
The below code checks how may times 4 appears in numbers. We see the return value of 3 as 4 appears three times in numbers.
numbers = [1,2,3,4,4,4,5,6]numbers.count(4)
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Official Python Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3.8/tutorial/datastructures.html#more-on-lists
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