Count occurrences of an element in a list Dry Run in PYTHON

Count occurrences of an element in a list is an interactive PYTHON dry run visualizer from the For programs section. Study the source code, then use the execution controls to follow each step, variable update, highlighted line, and console output.

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Count occurrences of an element in a list Program Code

# Count occurrences of an element in a list
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 6]
search = int(input("Enter number to count: "))

count = 0
for num in numbers:
    if num == search:
        count += 1

print(f"List: {numbers}")
print(f"{search} appears {count} times")
print(f"Using count(): {numbers.count(search)}")

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