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Python: Find the characters which occur in more than and less than a given number in list of strings

Python Collections: Exercise-25 with Solution

Write a Python program to find the characters in a list of strings which occur more than and less than a given number.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

from collections import Counter 
from itertools import chain 
def max_aggregate(list_str, N):
    temp = (set(sub) for sub in list_str) 
    counts = Counter(chain.from_iterable(temp)) 
    gt_N =  [chr for chr, count in counts.items() if count > N]
    lt_N =  [chr for chr, count in counts.items() if count < N]
    return gt_N, lt_N
     
list_str = ['abcd', 'iabhef', 'dsalsdf', 'sdfsas', 'jlkdfgd'] 
print("Original list:")
print(list_str)
N = 3
result = max_aggregate(list_str, N)
print("\nCharacters of the said list of strings which occur more than:",N)
print(result[0])
print("\nCharacters of the said list of strings which occur less than:",N)
print(result[1])

Sample Output:

Original list:
['abcd', 'iabhef', 'dsalsdf', 'sdfsas', 'jlkdfgd']

Characters of the said list of strings which occur more than: 3
['a', 'd', 'f']

Characters of the said list of strings which occur less than: 3
['c', 'b', 'h', 'e', 'i', 's', 'l', 'k', 'j', 'g']

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The Zip() Function:

>>> students = ('John', 'Mary', 'Mike')
>>> ages = (15, 17, 16)
>>> scores = (90, 88, 82, 17, 14)
>>> for student, age, score in zip(students, ages, scores):
...     print(f'{student}, age: {age}, score: {score}')
... 
John, age: 15, score: 90
Mary, age: 17, score: 88
Mike, age: 16, score: 82
>>> zipped = zip(students, ages, scores)
>>> a, b, c = zip(*zipped)
>>> print(b)
(15, 17, 16)