Question

If I want to count how many times a word appears in a nested list, what function do I use?

My list looks like:
Top = [[ 'White', 'White', 'White'] , [ 'White' , 'White', 'White' ] , [ 'White' , 'White', 'White' ]]

But Top.count('White') -> 0
I want to get it to say 9

Answer 1

well, you would have to write your own function and you could use the count() method
there will not be a single built-in function or list method that will do what you want
your function will require iteration

Answer 2

code below prints 9

Top = [[ 'White', 'White', 'White'] , [ 'White' , 'White', 'White' ] , [ 'White' , 'White', 'White' ]]
count=0
for i in range(0,len(Top)):
count += Top[i].count('White')
print count

Answer 3

well ....
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Answer 4

@bwCA Interesting variations.