Function to count words in a list up to and including Sam

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lst = ["able","been","state","Sam","beer"]
def count_to_sam(samlist): #better name for function
    return_count = 0 #this will be the count of words
    for element in samlist: #loop is in the function
        return_count = return_count+1 #or use return_count += 1
        if element == "Sam":
            break
    return return_count #function returns the count
print(count_to_sam(lst))