from operator import itemgetter
from heapq import nlargest
from itertools import repeat, ifilter


class Counter(dict):
    """Dict subclass for counting hashable objects.  Sometimes called a bag
    or multiset.  Elements are stored as dictionary keys and their counts
    are stored as dictionary values.

    >>> Counter('zyzygy')
    Counter({'y': 3, 'z': 2, 'g': 1})

    """

    def __init__(self, iterable=None, **kwds):
        """Create a new, empty Counter object.  And if given, count elements
        from an input iterable.  Or, initialize the count from another mapping
        of elements to their counts.

        >>> c = Counter()                           # a new, empty counter
        >>> c = Counter('gallahad')                 # a new counter from an iterable
        >>> c = Counter({'a': 4, 'b': 2})           # a new counter from a mapping
        >>> c = Counter(a=4, b=2)                   # a new counter from keyword args

        """
        self.update(iterable, **kwds)

    def __missing__(self, key):
        return 0

    def most_common(self, n=None):
        """List the n most common elements and their counts from the most
        common to the least.  If n is None, then list all element counts.

        >>> Counter('abracadabra').most_common(3)
        [('a', 5), ('r', 2), ('b', 2)]

        """
        if n is None:
            return sorted(self.iteritems(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)
        return nlargest(n, self.iteritems(), key=itemgetter(1))

    def elements(self):
        """Iterator over elements repeating each as many times as its count.

        >>> c = Counter('ABCABC')
        >>> sorted(c.elements())
        ['A', 'A', 'B', 'B', 'C', 'C']

        If an element's count has been set to zero or is a negative number,
        elements() will ignore it.

        """
        for elem, count in self.iteritems():
            for _ in repeat(None, count):
                yield elem

    # Override dict methods where the meaning changes for Counter objects.

    @classmethod
    def fromkeys(cls, iterable, v=None):
        raise NotImplementedError("Counter.fromkeys() is undefined.  Use Counter(iterable) instead.")

    def update(self, iterable=None, **kwds):
        """Like dict.update() but add counts instead of replacing them.

        Source can be an iterable, a dictionary, or another Counter instance.

        >>> c = Counter('which')
        >>> c.update('witch')           # add elements from another iterable
        >>> d = Counter('watch')
        >>> c.update(d)                 # add elements from another counter
        >>> c['h']                      # four 'h' in which, witch, and watch
        4

        """
        if iterable is not None:
            if hasattr(iterable, "iteritems"):
                if self:
                    self_get = self.get
                    for elem, count in iterable.iteritems():
                        self[elem] = self_get(elem, 0) + count
                else:
                    dict.update(self, iterable)  # fast path when counter is empty
            else:
                self_get = self.get
                for elem in iterable:
                    self[elem] = self_get(elem, 0) + 1
        if kwds:
            self.update(kwds)

    def copy(self):
        "Like dict.copy() but returns a Counter instance instead of a dict."
        return Counter(self)

    def __delitem__(self, elem):
        "Like dict.__delitem__() but does not raise KeyError for missing values."
        if elem in self:
            dict.__delitem__(self, elem)

    def __repr__(self):
        if not self:
            return "%s()" % self.__class__.__name__
        items = ", ".join(map("%r: %r".__mod__, self.most_common()))
        return "%s({%s})" % (self.__class__.__name__, items)

    # Multiset-style mathematical operations discussed in:
    #       Knuth TAOCP Volume II section 4.6.3 exercise 19
    #       and at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset
    #
    # Outputs guaranteed to only include positive counts.
    #
    # To strip negative and zero counts, add-in an empty counter:
    #       c += Counter()

    def __add__(self, other):
        """Add counts from two counters.

        >>> Counter('abbb') + Counter('bcc')
        Counter({'b': 4, 'c': 2, 'a': 1})


        """
        if not isinstance(other, Counter):
            return NotImplemented
        result = Counter()
        for elem in set(self) | set(other):
            newcount = self[elem] + other[elem]
            if newcount > 0:
                result[elem] = newcount
        return result

    def __sub__(self, other):
        """Subtract count, but keep only results with positive counts.

        >>> Counter('abbbc') - Counter('bccd')
        Counter({'b': 2, 'a': 1})

        """
        if not isinstance(other, Counter):
            return NotImplemented
        result = Counter()
        for elem in set(self) | set(other):
            newcount = self[elem] - other[elem]
            if newcount > 0:
                result[elem] = newcount
        return result

    def __or__(self, other):
        """Union is the maximum of value in either of the input counters.

        >>> Counter('abbb') | Counter('bcc')
        Counter({'b': 3, 'c': 2, 'a': 1})

        """
        if not isinstance(other, Counter):
            return NotImplemented
        _max = max
        result = Counter()
        for elem in set(self) | set(other):
            newcount = _max(self[elem], other[elem])
            if newcount > 0:
                result[elem] = newcount
        return result

    def __and__(self, other):
        """Intersection is the minimum of corresponding counts.

        >>> Counter('abbb') & Counter('bcc')
        Counter({'b': 1})

        """
        if not isinstance(other, Counter):
            return NotImplemented
        _min = min
        result = Counter()
        if len(self) < len(other):
            self, other = other, self
        for elem in ifilter(self.__contains__, other):
            newcount = _min(self[elem], other[elem])
            if newcount > 0:
                result[elem] = newcount
        return result


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest

    print(doctest.testmod())
