What is the array count() function in Python?

Overview

An array in Python is used to store multiple values of the same data type in a single variable.

The count() method is used to return the number of occurrences of a value or item in an array.

Syntax

array.count(x)

x is the value we want to check for its number of occurrences.

Parameters

The parameter value of the count() method is the value or element whose count we want to take in the given array.

Return value

The count() method returns the number of occurrences of a value in an array.

Example

# importing the array module
import array as arr
# creating an integer data type array
x = arr.array('i', [1,2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3,2,4,7])
# using the count function for the value 2 in the array
y = x.count(2)
# printing the number of counts 
print('The number of occurrences of the value 2 in the array is: ', y)

Code explanation

  • Line 2: We import the array module.
  • Line 5: We use the array.array() function to create an array variable x.
  • Line 8: We use the count() function to take the count or number of occurrences of the number 2 in the array we created.
  • Line 11: We print the value of the occurrences.

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