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python_collections_counter_initialization_and_most_common_elements.py
pythonDemonstrates various ways to initialize a Counter and find th
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python_collections_counter_initialization_and_most_common_elements.py
1from collections import Counter
2
3# Tally occurrences of words in a list
4cnt = Counter(['red', 'blue', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'blue'])
5print(cnt)
6# Counter({'blue': 3, 'red': 2, 'green': 1})
7
8# Find the three most common words in Hamlet
9import re
10words = re.findall(r'\w+', 'python is great, python is fast, python is easy')
11print(Counter(words).most_common(3))
12# [('python', 3), ('is', 3), ('great', 1)]