[Tutor] Looking for duplicates within a list [SOLVED]

[Ken G.]

Alan Gauld wrote:
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> "Ken G." <beachkid at insightbb.com> wrote
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>> In any event, if a number is listed more than once, I would like to 
>> know how many times, such as 2 or 3 times.  For example, '3' is 
>> listed twice within a list.
>
> Have you looked at the count method of lists?
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> Something like:
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> counts = set(( item, mylist.count(item)) for item in mylist if 
> mylist.count(item) > 1)
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> Seems to work...
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> HTH,
>
>
Whee, this is great!  I learned a lot today.  Back to playing and studying.

Ken