Question

How to find the N most common characters in a string with Python

Answer 1

from collections import Counter

mc = Counter('python php pascal').most_common(4)

print(mc)


'''
run:
 
[('p', 4), ('a', 2), ('h', 2), (' ', 2)]

'''

 

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Answer 2

from collections import Counter

mc = Counter('python php pascal').most_common(4)

for item in mc:
    print(item[0], " : ", item[1])


'''
run:
 
p  :  4
h  :  2
   :  2
a  :  2

'''

 

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