I want to rank multiple lists according to their elements how often they appear in each list. Example:
list1 = 1,2,3,4
list2 = 4,5,6,7
list3 = 4,1,8,9
result = 4,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (4 is counted three times, 1 two times and the rest once)
I've tried the following but i need something more intelligent and something i can do with any ammount of lists.
l = []
l.append([ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
l.append([ 1, 9, 3, 4, 5])
l.append([ 1, 10, 8, 4, 5])
l.append([ 1, 12, 13, 7, 5])
l.append([ 1, 14, 13, 13, 6])
x1 = set(l[0]) & set(l[1]) & set(l[2]) & set(l[3])
x2 = set(l[0]) & set(l[1]) & set(l[2]) & set(l[4])
x3 = set(l[0]) & set(l[1]) & set(l[3]) & set(l[4])
x4 = set(l[0]) & set(l[2]) & set(l[3]) & set(l[4])
x5 = set(l[1]) & set(l[2]) & set(l[3]) & set(l[4])
set1 = set(x1) | set(x2) | set(x3) | set(x4) | set(x5)
a1 = list(set(l[0]) & set(l[1]) & set(l[2]) & set(l[3]) & set(l[4]))
a2 = getDifference(list(set1),a1)
print a1
print a2
Now here is the problem... i can do it again and again with a3,a4 and a5 but its too complex then, i need a function for this... But i don't know how... my math got stuck ;)
SOLVED: thanks alot for the discussion. As a newbee i like this system somehow: fast+informative. You helped me all out! Ty
import collections
data = [
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
[1, 9, 3, 4, 5],
[1, 10, 8, 4, 5],
[1, 12, 13, 7, 5],
[1, 14, 13, 13, 6],
]
def sorted_by_count(lists):
counts = collections.defaultdict(int)
for L in lists:
for n in L:
counts[n] += 1
return [num for num, count in
sorted(counts.items(),
key=lambda k_v: (k_v[1], k_v[0]),
reverse=True)]
print sorted_by_count(data)
Now let's generalize it (to take any iterable, loosen hashable requirement), allow key and reverse parameters (to match sorted), and rename to freq_sorted:
def freq_sorted(iterable, key=None, reverse=False, include_freq=False):
"""Return a list of items from iterable sorted by frequency.
If include_freq, (item, freq) is returned instead of item.
key(item) must be hashable, but items need not be.
*Higher* frequencies are returned first. Within the same frequency group,
items are ordered according to key(item).
"""
if key is None:
key = lambda x: x
key_counts = collections.defaultdict(int)
items = {}
for n in iterable:
k = key(n)
key_counts[k] += 1
items.setdefault(k, n)
if include_freq:
def get_item(k, c):
return items[k], c
else:
def get_item(k, c):
return items[k]
return [get_item(k, c) for k, c in
sorted(key_counts.items(),
key=lambda kc: (-kc[1], kc[0]),
reverse=reverse)]
Example:
>>> import itertools
>>> print freq_sorted(itertools.chain.from_iterable(data))
[1, 5, 4, 13, 3, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14]
>>> print freq_sorted(itertools.chain.from_iterable(data), include_freq=True)
# (slightly reformatted)
[(1, 5),
(5, 4),
(4, 3), (13, 3),
(3, 2),
(2, 1), (6, 1), (7, 1), (8, 1), (9, 1), (10, 1), (12, 1), (14, 1)]
Combining a couple of ideas already posted:
from itertools import chain
from collections import defaultdict
def frequency(*lists):
counter = defaultdict(int)
for x in chain(*lists):
counter[x] += 1
return [key for (key, value) in
sorted(counter.items(), key=lambda kv: (kv[1], kv[0]), reverse=True)]
Notes:
- In Python 2.7, you can use
Counter
instead of defaultdict(int)
.
- This version takes any number of lists as its argument; the leading asterisk means they'll all be packed into a tuple. If you want to pass in a single list containing all of your lists, omit that leading asterisk.
- This breaks if your lists contain an unhashable type.
def items_ordered_by_frequency(*lists):
# get a flat list with all the values
biglist = []
for x in lists:
biglist += x
# sort it in reverse order by frequency
return sorted(set(biglist),
key=lambda x: biglist.count(x),
reverse=True)
Try this one:
def rank(*lists):
d = dict()
for lst in lists:
for e in lst:
if e in d: d[e] += 1
else: d[e] = 1
return [j[1] for j in sorted([(d[i],i) for i in d], reverse=True)]
Usage example:
a = [1,2,3,4]
b = [4,5,6,7]
c = [4,1,8,9]
print rank(a,b,c)
You can use any number of lists as input
You can count the number of appearances of each element (a histogram), then sort by it:
def histogram(enumerable):
result = {}
for x in enumerable:
result.setdefault(x, 0)
result[x] += 1
return result
lists = [ [1,2,3,4], [4,5,6,7], ... ]
from itertools import chain
h = histogram(chain(*lists))
ranked = sorted(set(chain(*lists)), key = lambda x : h[x], reverse = True)
Try this code:
def elementFreq(myList):
#myList is the list of lists
from collections import Counter
tmp = []
for i in myList: tmp += i
return(Counter(tmp))
Note: Your lists should be hashable type