Counter.most_common()
Counter.most_common() is a Python method in the Collections Module category. Returns the n most common elements and their counts from most to least. The syntax is Counter.most_common([n]). Parameters: n — number of items. Returns: List of (element, count) tuples. A typical example: c = Counter("aabbc")
c.most_common(2) # [("a",2), ("b",2)]. A close sibling is collections.deque(), which returns a double-ended queue (deque) with efficient O(1) appends/pops from both ends. A close sibling is deque.append(), which adds x to the right side of the deque. A close sibling is deque.appendleft(), which adds x to the left side of the deque. A close sibling is deque.pop(), which removes and returns the rightmost element. Raises IndexError if empty. More about this category: Specialized container datatypes — deque, Counter, defaultdict, namedtuple, OrderedDict. For a broader walkthrough, read the Collections Module guide. Related Collections Module entries: collections.deque(), deque.append(), deque.appendleft(), deque.pop(), deque.popleft(), deque.extend().