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Python Calculate the Number of Times an Element Appears in a List

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Define a list and calculate the number of times a certain element appears in the list.

For example:

Input : lst = [15, 6, 7, 10, 12, 20, 10, 28, 10]
       x = 10
Output : 3

Example 1

def countX(lst, x): 
    count = 0
    for ele in lst: 
        if (ele == x): 
            count = count + 1
    return count 

lst = [8, 6, 8, 10, 8, 20, 10, 8, 8] 
x = 8
print(countX(lst, x))

The output of the above example is:

5

Example 2: Using the count() Method

def countX(lst, x): 
    return lst.count(x) 

lst = [8, 6, 8, 10, 8, 20, 10, 8, 8] 
x = 8
print(countX(lst, x))

The output of the above example is:

5

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