dict processing

gistfile1.txt

data = open('sequence', 'r').readlines()
elements = {}

for line in data:
    (user, element, js_time) = line.split("\t")
    if element not in elements:
        elements[element] = 1
    else:
        elements[element] += 1

sorted_counted = elements.items()
sorted_counted.sort( key=lambda a:(-a[1],a[0]) )
print sorted_counted[0:10]