Can't seem to figure out why this won't work. python beginner

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I am trying to iterate through a list and every time an item is found in the list it should increment found by 1. For example: count([1,2,1,1], 1) should return 3 (because 1 appears 3 times in the list).

def count(sequence, item):
    sequence = []
    found = 0
    for i in sequence:
        if i in item:
            found+=1

    return found 

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user2626734

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You want to test for equality:

if i == item:
    found += 1

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Martijn Pieters

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