Count multiple occurrence of all string elements in a list?

Question

How can I get a count of all the string elements from the given list?

Var1 = ['2019-11-22', '2019-11-22', '2019-11-20']

Desired Output:

2019-11-22 : count(2)
2019-11-20 : count(1)

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '20 at 15:27

4

That's what a counter is for.

from collections import Counter

Var1 = ['2019-11-22', '2019-11-22', '2019-11-20']
counts = Counter(Var1)

answered Jun 27 '20 at 15:27

Bram Vanroy

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '20 at 15:29

3

from collections import Counter

var1 = ['2019-11-22', '2019-11-22', '2019-11-20']

for i, c in Counter(var1).items():
   print(f"{i}: count({c})")

answered Jun 27 '20 at 15:29

Ronie Martinez

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