Python - Get Number of Items in a List

In Python you can use the built-in len() function to get the number of elements in a list.

fruit = ['apple', 'pear', 'banana', 'kiwi']
num_fruit = len(fruit)

print(num_fruit)
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You can also use a list's count() method if you want to get the number of a specific item.

fruit = ['apple', 'peach', 'lemon', 'apple']
num_apples = fruit.count('apple')

print(num_apples)
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