Level 3Exercise #52
Top three events
Return the three most frequent event names with their counts.
What you’ll practice
This Level 3 exercise focuses on most_common in the Collections curriculum. Solve the challenge prompt above using clear, idiomatic Python and the relevant language or standard-library tools.
Relevant Python reference: Python Standard Library — Collections.
Sample Test Cases
Example #1
Input:
top_events(['open','click','open','open','click'])Output:
[('open',3),('click',2)]Further Reading
Reference Solution
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def top_events(events: list[str]) -> list[tuple[str, int]]: from collections import Counter return Counter(events).most_common(3)Pro Tips & Keyboard Shortcuts
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