Python Count List Items

Python Count List is one of the List method, which is used to count, how many times an item is repeated in a given list. In this article, we will show you, How to use this List count function with practical examples.

The python Count function will count total number of times the item is repeated in a given list. Below code will count 10 and 20 in a integer list

# Python Count List Items

a = [10, 20, 30, 10, 40, 10, 50, 20]

print("Total Number of Times 10 has repeated = ", a.count(10))
print("Total Number of Times 20 has repeated = ", a.count(20))

OUTPUT

TIP: Please refer List article to understand everything about Lists in Python.

Python Count List Example

In this example, we declared string list. Next, we used Count function on it.

# Python Count List Items

Fruits = ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Apple', 'Grape', 'Banana', 'Apple']

print("Total Number of Times 'Apple' has repeated = ", Fruits.count('Apple'))
print("Total Number of Times 'Banana' has repeated = ", Fruits.count('Banana'))

OUTPUT

Let me use this Count function on Mixed List.

# Python Count List Items

MxList = ['Apple', 10, 'Banana', 10, 'Apple', 'Grape', 10, 30, 10, 50, 'Apple']

print("Total Number of Times 'Apple' has repeated = ", MxList.count('Apple'))
print("Total Number of Times 10 has repeated = ", MxList.count(10))

OUTPUT

This time we used Python List count function on Nested list (list inside list).

# Python Count List Items

MxList = [[10, 20], [20, 30], [10, 20], [40, 50], [10, 80]]

print("Total Number of Times [10,20] has repeated = ", MxList.count([10,20]))

OUTPUT

Count List Function Example 2

This python program is same as first example. However, this time we are allowing user to enter the length of a List. Next, we used For Loop to append those numbers to the list.

# Python Count List Items

intCountList = []
 
number = int(input("Please enter the Total Number of List Elements: "))
for i in range(1, number + 1):
    value = int(input("Please enter the Value of %d Element : " %i))
    intCountList.append(value)
    
item = int(input("Please enter the Item that you want to Count: "))
print("Total Number of Times has repeated = ", intCountList.count(item))

OUTPUT

List Count Function Example 3

This program allows users to enter their own string or words, and then count the word

# Python Count List Items

strCountList = []
 
number = int(input("Please enter the Total Number of List Elements: "))
for i in range(1, number + 1):
    value = input("Please enter the Value of %d Element : " %i)
    strCountList.append(value)
    
item = input("Please enter the Item that you want to Count: ")
print("Total Number of Times has repeated = ", strCountList.count(item))

OUTPUT