Using Counter

shopping = ["bread","cheese", "apple","tomato","biscuits"]
count = 0
## by using a counter
for item in shopping:
   print(item)
   count = count + 1
   countString = str(count)

print("You have "+ countString + " items in your shopping list.")

## by using str.len(object)
print("You have "+str(len(shopping))+" items in your shopping list.")