deque documentation python code example

Example 1: counter most_common

most_common([n])¶
Return a list of the n most common elements and their counts from the most common to the least. If n is omitted or None, most_common() returns all elements in the counter.
Elements with equal counts are ordered arbitrarily:

>>> Counter('abracadabra').most_common(3)
[('a', 5), ('r', 2), ('b', 2)]

Example 2: python counting dictionary

counts = dict()
for i in items:
  counts[i] = counts.get(i, 0) + 1