python function occurrences of item in list code example

Example 1: how to find no of times a elements in list python

thislist = (1, 3, 7, 8, 7, 5, 4, 6, 8, 5)

x = thislist.count(5)

print(x)

Example 2: how to find the number of times a number appears in python

dict((i, a.count(i)) for i in a)