Count Number of Occurrences of Element in List in Python

Python List – count()

Python list.count(element) method returns the number of occurrences of the given element in the list.

Syntax

The syntax to call count() method on a list myList is

myList.count(element)

where

• myList is a Python list
• count is method name
• element is the object to be searched for in the list

Examples

Count Element’s Occurrences in List

In the following program, we initialize a list myList with some elements, and get the number of occurrences of the element 'apple' in the list.

main.py

#take a list
myList = ['apple', 'banana', 'apple', 'cherry']

#count 'apple' occurrences
n = myList.count('apple')

print(f'No. of occurrences : {n}')

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Output

No. of occurrences : 2

Count Element’s Occurrences in List (Element not present in List)

Now, we shall take a list myList, and count the occurrences of the element 'mango' which is not present in the list. Since, the element is not present in the list, count() must return 0.

main.py

#take a list
myList = ['apple', 'banana', 'apple', 'cherry']

#count 'mango' occurrences
n = myList.count('mango')

print(f'No. of occurrences : {n}')

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Output

No. of occurrences : 0

Conclusion

In this Python Tutorial, we learned how to find the number of occurrences of an element in the list using list.count() method.