Str problem, not counting

[deanhystad]

How about a dictionary?

count = {'a':0, 'b':0, 'c':0}
for _ in range(1, 11):
    choice = input('Please choose a char from a to c - ')
    if choice in count.keys():
        count[choice] += 1

for key, value in count.items():
    print(key, count)

If you have a bunch of variables with similar names it often means you should be using a collection.