How do I use the collections module in Python?

How do I use the collections module in Python?

The collections module in Python provides specialized container datatypes. What specific functionality are you interested in?

I'm particularly interested in using Counter.

Counter is a subclass of dict that helps count hashable objects. You can create a Counter by passing an iterable, like this: Counter(['a', 'b', 'a']).

Can you give me an example of how to use it?

Sure! Here's a simple example:

from collections import Counter

my_list = ['apple', 'banana', 'apple', 'orange']
count = Counter(my_list)
print(count)

This will output: Counter({'apple': 2, 'banana': 1, 'orange': 1}).

That's really helpful! What other features does the collections module have?

The collections module also includes namedtuple, deque, defaultdict, and OrderedDict, each serving different purposes.