count how many of an elemnt in a list python code example

Example 1: python how to count all elements in a list

List = ["Elephant", "Snake", "Penguin"]

print(len(List))

#	With the 'len' function Python counts the amount of elements 
#	in a list (The length of the list).
#	In this case the output is '3' because there are 3 elements in the list.

Example 2: count number items in list python

mylist = ["abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl", "mno", "pqr"]

print(len(mylist))

# output 6