How do I find most common items in a list and occurrences in python?

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I'm pretty new to python and I'm looking to find a relatively simple way to get the top 10 most common items in a list with their occurrences. I saw some solutions however I'm not sure which solution is the best if I'm counting occurrences.

Is there a structure that is best suited for this type of use?

`collections.Counter(lst).most_common(10)` – vaultah Dec 10 '16 at 16:43 — vaultah, Dec 10 '16 at 16:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '16 at 16:42

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with pandas it could be:

import pandas as pd
pd.Series([1,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3,3]).value_counts()

This will give:

3    5
1    3
2    2
dtype: int64

answered Dec 10 '16 at 16:42

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How do I find most common items in a list and occurrences in python?

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