There are some important methods available with Python Counter, here is the list of same:
- elements(): returns all the elements with a count >0. Elements with 0 or -1 count will not be returned.
- most_common(value): returns the most common elements from the Counter list.
- subtract(): used to deduct the elements from another Counter.
- update(): used to update the elements from another Counter.
Python Counter methods
Simple example code of commonly used methods in Counter.
elements() method – This method returns the count element which are greater than 0. The elements with 0 or -1 will be completely omitted.
from collections import Counter
counter1 = Counter({'x': 5, 'y': 2, 'z': -2, 'x1': 0})
_elements = counter1.elements()
for a in _elements:
print(a)
Output:
most_common(value) – It returns the most common elements from Counter list.
from collections import Counter
C1 = Counter({'x': 5, 'y': 12, 'z': -2, 'x1': 0})
res1 = C1.most_common(2)
print(res1)
res2 = C1.most_common()
print(res2)
Output:
[('y', 12), ('x', 5)]
[('y', 12), ('x', 5), ('x1', 0), ('z', -2)]subtract() method – It returns the new Counter object after performing subtraction. Let’s understand the following example.
from collections import Counter
c1 = Counter({'x': 5, 'y': 12, 'z': -2, 'x1': 0})
c2 = Counter({'x': 2, 'y': 5})
c1.subtract(c2)
print(c1)Output: Counter({‘y’: 7, ‘x’: 3, ‘x1’: 0, ‘z’: -2})
update()
from collections import Counter
c1 = Counter({'x': 5, 'y': 12, 'z': -2, 'x1': 0})
c2 = Counter({'x': 2, 'y': 5})
c1.update(c2)
print(c1)
Output: Counter({‘y’: 17, ‘x’: 7, ‘x1’: 0, ‘z’: -2})
Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Python counter topic.
Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)
Windows 10
Python 3.10.1
All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.
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