title: Python noob-- Probably a simple typo?
body: <p>I really just can't understand why this code is not working... 
  It's probably just a typo. But even my more experienced friend is stumped here. 
  The prompt is simply "write a program that tells you how many 4s there are in a given list." Its all working except that count says zero no matter how many 4s I submit. </p>
  
  <pre><code>def num_four(number_list): 
      count = 0
  
      print number_list
      for i in number_list:
          print i
          if i == 4:  
              count = count + 1
      return count
  number_list = raw_input("Enter list of integers here: ")
  
  print num_four(number_list)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the output looks like this: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Enter list of integers here: 123444
  123444
  1
  2
  3
  4
  4
  4
  0
  </code></pre>