python list count 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: python list length

# example of len() function

list_number = [6, 3, 8, 0]

length = len(list_number)
print("The lentgh of the list is: " + str(length))

Example 3: 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 4: How to see how many times somting is in a list python

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

Example 5: python how to count items in array

myArray = [1, 2, 3]
len(myArray)
#output
3

Example 6: 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)