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from collections import Counter


    

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c = Counter({'hello': 5})


    

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c['hello'] += 1;c


    

    
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Counter({'hello': 6})

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c['hello'] += 1;c


    

    
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Counter({'hello': 7})

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c['hello'] += 1;c


    

    
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Counter({'hello': 8})

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c['hello']


    

    
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8

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c['world'] = 2
c


    

    
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Counter({'hello': 8, 'world': 2})

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c.most_common()


    

    
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[('hello', 8), ('world', 2)]

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c.most_common(1)


    

    
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[('hello', 8)]