find number of item in a list code example

Example 1: how to count things in a list python

list.count(element)

list1 = ['red', 'green', 'blue', 'orange', 'green', 'gray', 'green']
color_count = list1.count('green')
print('The count of color: green is ', color_count)

Example 2: number of elements list python

>>> mylist = [1,2,3] #list
>>> len(mylist)
3
>>> word = 'hello' # string 
>>> len(word)
5
>>> vals = {'a':1,'b':2} #dictionary
>>> len(vals)
2
>>> tup = (4,5,6) # tuple 
>>> len(tup)
3