In Python how can I check how many times a digit appears in an input?

Question

For example let say

numbers=input("Enter numbers: ")

If someone inputs 11234458881

How can I make the output

1 occurs 3 times

2 occurs 1 time

3 occurs 1 time

4 occurs 2 times

And so on

Use the input like an array and see related question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/991350/counting-repeated-characters-in-a-string-in-python — Mihai8, Mar 13 '13 at 23:41
The term for this is (a non-graphical) [histogram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram), which should aid in *searches*. — , Mar 13 '13 at 23:43

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '13 at 23:42

6

Why not use Counter:

from collections import Counter
Counter("11234458881")

returns:

Counter({'1': 3, '8': 3, '4': 2, '3': 1, '2': 1, '5': 1})

answered Mar 13 '13 at 23:42

Jason Sperske

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