Process count script

Trying create a alert/monitor from the following to work. I'm not a scripting person

count=`ps -ef|grep -c xxxx | grep -v grep`

if [ $count == 7 ] then

echo "$count"

else

echo "count is not 7"

fi

If I do a ps -ef|grep -c xxxx it comes back with the number 7.  If it comes back with something other than 7 I want it to display "count is not 7" and then ill trigger an alert

Thoughts?