Question

How to count the occurrences of specific element in a list with Python

Answer 1

def count_occurrences(lst, n): 
    return lst.count(n) 
  
lst = [5, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 3, 8, 7, 3, 9, 3] 
n = 3

print(count_occurrences(lst, n)) 



'''
run:

5

'''

 

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Answer 2

from collections import Counter 
  
lst = [5, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 3, 3, 8, 7, 3, 9, 3] 
n = 3

c = Counter(lst) 
print(c[n]) 

print(Counter(lst)[n]) 


'''
run:

5
5

'''

 

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