def identify_items(sentence):
    """
    Identifies the items mentioned in the sentence.
    
    Example:
    Input: "I have a blackberry, a clarinet, a nectarine, a plum, a strawberry, a banana, a flute, an orange, and a violin."
    Output: ["blackberry", "clarinet", "nectarine", "plum", "strawberry", "banana", "flute", "orange", "violin"]
    """
    items = []
    # Logic to identify items
    return items

def count_items(items):
    """
    Counts the number of items in the list.
    
    Example:
    Input: ["blackberry", "clarinet", "nectarine", "plum", "strawberry", "banana", "flute", "orange", "violin"]
    Output: 9
    """
    count = len(items)
    return count

def solve_fruit_count_problem(input_text):
    """
    Main function that integrates all the functions to solve the problem.
    """
    parts = input_text.split("\n")
    sentence = parts[1].split("I have ")[-1].replace(".", "")
    items = identify_items(sentence)
    count = count_items(items)
    
    return count