python count duplicate in list

Question

i have this list:

[\'Boston Americans\', \'New York Giants\', \'Chicago White Sox\', \'Chicago Cubs\', \'Chicago Cubs\', \'Pittsburgh Pirates\', \'Philadelph         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

new_list =  ['a', 'b', 'a']
new_dict = {}
for i in new_list:
 new_dict[i]=new_list.count(i)       
print(new_dict)

Result - {'a': 2, 'b': 1}