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# usage - $python k_frequent.py log_file k | |
import sys | |
import heapq | |
freq = {} | |
# running time is O(n) | |
with open(sys.argv[1]) as fh: | |
for line in fh.readlines(): | |
freq[line] = freq.get(line.strip(), 0) + 1 | |
q = [] | |
i = 0 | |
k = int(sys.argv[2]) | |
# running time is O(nlogk) | |
for key, value in freq.items(): | |
# push first k vars into q | |
if i < k: | |
heapq.heappush(q, (value, key)) | |
else: | |
# push value only if it's bigger than smallest val in q | |
top = q[0] | |
if value > top[0]: | |
heapq.heapreplace(q, (value, key)) | |
i += 1 | |
while len(q) > 0: | |
value, key = heapq.heappop(q) | |
print key |
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