Method most_common

pattern/metrics.py:41–46

Returns a list of the n most common (element, count)-tuples.

(self, n=None)

                self[k] = self.get(k, 0) + 1

    def most_common(self, n=None):
        """ Returns a list of the n most common (element, count)-tuples.
        """
        if n is None:
            return sorted(self.items(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
        return nlargest(n, self.items(), key=itemgetter(1))

    def copy(self):
        return Counter(self)