count how many times a value shows in python list
#use count(): >>> my_list = [1, 2, 3, 1, 4] >>> print(my_list.count(1)) 2 #OR, you can also use counter: >>> from collections import Counter >>> z = ['blue', 'red', 'blue', 'yellow', 'blue', 'red'] >>> Counter(z) Counter({'blue': 3, 'red': 2, 'yellow': 1})