# Prompt for a search item and search the list for
# a match on type and value
mylist=["okra","swede","cabbage","potato","tomato","carrot",
        "parsnip","broccolli","swede"]
search_term=raw_input("Enter an item to search for: ")
print
print "Searching the list for \"%s\" ..." % search_term
#
# Locate the search term
print
if not search_term in mylist:
    print "The search term doesn't appear in the list"
else:
    count = mylist.count(search_term)
    if count == 1:
        idx = mylist.index(search_term)
        print "There is a single occurance of the search term at position",idx
    else:
        print "There are %d occurances of the search term" % count
        idxlist = []
        idx = 0
        for x in range(count):
            idx = mylist.index(search_term,idx)
            idxlist.append(idx)
            idx += 1
        print "These are at the following positions: ",idxlist