h = 0 def findNumber(splitNumbers,searchNumber): for i,v in enumerate(splitNumbers): if v == searchNumber: h=h+1 print("The Number '%s' was found '%s' times in the specified list!" %(searchNumber,h)) rawNumbers = re.sub(",,",",",raw_input("Please enter the values seperated by a ','\n:")) splitNumbers = map(int, rawNumbers.split(",")) searchNumber = int(raw_input("Please enter the value to find:")) findNumber(splitNumbers,searchNumber) raw_input("\n")