Python: Find the item with maximum frequency in a given list
Python Collections: Exercise-20 with Solution
Write a Python program to find the item with maximum frequency in a given list.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
from collections import defaultdict
def max_occurrences(nums):
dict = defaultdict(int)
for i in nums:
dict[i] += 1
result = max(dict.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
return result
nums = [2,3,8,4,7,9,8,2,6,5,1,6,1,2,3,2,4,6,9,1,2]
print ("Original list:")
print(nums)
print("\nItem with maximum frequency of the said list:")
print(max_occurrences(nums))
Sample Output:
Original list: [2, 3, 8, 4, 7, 9, 8, 2, 6, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 6, 9, 1, 2] Item with maximum frequency of the said list: (2, 5)
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