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Paurakh Sharma Humagain
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Beginner Python tips Day - 07 Counter

 # Python Day -07 - Counter  # useful dict subclass for counting it's elements # element can be a string, dictionary, or keyword args  from collections import Counter string_counter = Counter('aasddhhssdhdhdd') print(string_counter) # Prints Counter({'d': 6, 'h': 4, 's': 3, 'a': 2})  print(string_counter.most_common(2)) # Prints [('d', 6), ('h', 4)], the most common elements # with element and element count tuple  print(list(string_counter.elements())) # Prints ['a', 'a', 's', 's', 's', 'd', 'd', 'd', 'd', 'd', 'd', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h'] # all the elements  print(string_counter['d']) # Prints 6, count of element d  print(string_counter['w']) # Prints 0 as there is no element w 

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