def myCount(myList,item):
    count = 0

    for thing in myList:
        if thing == item:
            count += 1

    #All done with the loop
    return count

def myIndex(myList,item):
    index = 0

    for thing in myList:
        if thing == item:
            return index
        index += 1

    return -1

###   Alternate way
##    for index in range(len(myList)):
##        if myList[index]==item:
##            return index
##
##    return -1

def contains(myList,item):

    for thing in myList:
        if thing == item:
            return True

    #Didn't return, so didn't find item
    return False

def myInsert(myList,index,item):

    #Check bad case
    if index < 0:
        return myList

    # Use slicing
    return myList[:index] + [item] + myList[index:]

### Alternate way
##    outList = []
##
##    #if index is beyond end of myList, copy myList into
##    #outList and append item to the end of outList
##    if index >= len(myList):
##        outList = myList[:]  #full slice
##        outList.append(item)
##        return outList
##
##    #otherwise, loop
##    for position in range(len(myList)):
##        if position == index:
##            outList.append(item)
##
##        #copy element from myList into outList
##        outList.append(myList[position])
##
##    return outList
##        

def myReverse(myList):

    outList = []

    for thing in myList:
        outList = [thing] + outList

    return outList

### Alternate way
##    for index in range(len(myList)-1),-1,-1):
##        outList.append(myList[index])
##
##    return outList