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Functions can also take lists as inputs and perform various operations on those lists.

def count_small(numbers):
  total = 0
  for n in numbers:
    if n < 10:
      total = total + 1
  return total

lotto = [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42]
small = count_small(lotto)
print small

In the above example, we define a function count_small that has one parameter, numbers.
We initialize a variable total that we can use in the for loop.
For each item n in numbers, if n is less than 10, we increment total.
After the for loop, we return total.
After the function definition, we create an array of numbers called lotto.
We call the count_small function, pass in lotto, and store the returned result in small.
Finally, we print out the returned result, which is 2 since only 4 and 8 are less than 10.

Instructions

Write a function that counts how many times the string "fizz" appears in a list.

Write a function called fizz_count that takes a list x as input.
Create a variable count to hold the ongoing count. Initialize it to zero.
for each item in x:, if that item is equal to the string "fizz" then increment the count variable.
After the loop, please return the count variable.

For example, fizz_count(["fizz","cat","fizz"]) should return 2.

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