Method update

pattern/metrics.py:28–39

Updates counter with the tallies from the given iterable, dictionary or Counter.

(self, iterable=None, **kwargs)

        return 0

    def update(self, iterable=None, **kwargs):
        """ Updates counter with the tallies from the given iterable, dictionary or Counter.
        """
        if kwargs:
            self.update(kwargs)
        if hasattr(iterable, "items"):
            for k, v in iterable.items(): 
                self[k] = self.get(k, 0) + v
        elif hasattr(iterable, "__getitem__") \
          or hasattr(iterable, "__iter__"):
            for k in iterable: 
                self[k] = self.get(k, 0) + 1

    def most_common(self, n=None):
        """ Returns a list of the n most common (element, count)-tuples.