Python Tip of the Day: Specialized Containers with collections Module

Specialized Containers with collections Module

Author: Jeremy Morgan
Published: November 12, 2024

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Need something more than a regular list or dict? collections has you covered.

# Count occurrences with Counter
from collections import Counter
colors = ['red', 'blue', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'blue']
color_counts = Counter(colors)
print(color_counts)
# Output: Counter({'blue': 3, 'red': 2, 'green': 1})

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