from typing import Counter


def count_items(column_list):

    """
    Function count the users.
    Args:
          column_list: The data list that is doing to be iterable.
    Returns:
           A list with the item types and another list with the count values.
    """

    item_types = []
    count_items = []
    new_count_list = []

    counting_list = Counter(column_list)

    for i in counting_list:
        new_count_list.append([i, counting_list[i]])

    item_types, count_items = zip(*new_count_list)

    return item_types, count_items