Method Name:
elements
Method Signature:
elements()
Method Overview:
- elements() method returns an iterator for the elements present in the counter.
- Since a Counter object is a set of elements Vs the count of each element, the iterator returned will return each element as many times the count of that element.
- If a count() object is printed directly only the element vs count mapping will be printed. Having the elements() method is essential to see the Multiset present in the Counter object.
Example:
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import collections
counter = collections.Counter()
counter["red"] = 5 counter["blue"] = 3 counter["green"] = 4
("Printing the counter object:") print(counter)
itr = counter.elements()
# print the items of the iterator received through elements() for item in itr: print(item) |
Output:
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Counter({'red': 5, 'green': 4, 'blue': 3}) red red red red red blue blue blue green green green green |