How to count list element frequency in python.md

How to count list element frequency in python

In simple terms, count() method counts how many times an element has occurred in a list and returns it.

The syntax of count() method is:

list.count(element)

count() Parameters

The count() method takes a single argument:

• element - element whose count is to be found.

Return value from count()

The count() method returns the number of occurrences of an element in a list.

Example

# vowels list
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'i', 'u']

# count element 'i'
count = vowels.count('i')

# print count
print('The count of i is:', count)

When you run the program, the output will be:

The count of i is: 2
The count of p is: 0