python how many times item in list code example

Example 1: count similar values in list python

MyList = ["a", "b", "a", "c", "c", "a", "c"]

return my_dict = {i:MyList.count(i) for i in MyList}
# returns :
{'a': 3, 'c': 3, 'b': 1}
 # OR
from collections import Counter
return my_dict = dict(Counter(MyList))
# returns :   
{'a': 3, 'c': 3, 'b': 1}
# the both returns the same so it's up to you to choose the one you prefere ;)

Example 2: How to see how many times somting is in a list python

vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'i', 'u']
count = vowels.count('i')

Example 3: how to find the number of times a number appears in python

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

Example 4: python find number of occurrences in list

student_grades = [9.1, 8.8, 10.0, 7.7, 6.8, 8.0, 10.0, 8.1, 10.0, 9.9]

samebnumber = student_grades.count(10.0)

print(samebnumber)