python counter from to code example

Example 1: counter method in python

from collections import Counter
list1 = ['x','y','z','x','x','x','y','z']
print(Counter(list1))

Example 2: counter in python

import collections

print collections.Counter(['a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'b'])
print collections.Counter({'a':2, 'b':3, 'c':1})
print collections.Counter(a=2, b=3, c=1)