Python
# Program to count occurrences of an element in a list
items = input("Enter list elements separated by space: ").split()
target = input("Enter element to count: ")
print("Occurrences:", items.count(target))Output
Enter list elements separated by space: a b a c a Enter element to count: a Occurrences: 3
We use the list method .count(target) to count occurrences of a given value.