
List Count –
The list count method returns the number of times an element appear in the list.
Syntax of List Count –
list.count(element)
element – count of the element that you are interested in
How to use count –
In [1]: nums = [1, 6, 1, 3, 1, 6, 8, 1]
In [2]: # how many times 1 appears in the list
In [3]: nums.count(1)
Out[3]: 4
In [4]: # how many times 6 appears in the list
In [5]: nums.count(6)
Out[5]: 2
In [6]: # how many times 100 appears in the list
In [7]: nums.count(100)
Out[7]: 0
Counting Lists and tuples inside a List –
In [10]: nums = [5, [10,20], [10,20],(5, 10)]
In [11]: nums.count([10,20])
Out[11]: 2
In [12]: nums.count((5,10))
Out[12]: 1
In [13]: nums.count((20,20))
Out[13]: 0