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Finding duplicate items in an array #ruby
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ruby_find_duplicates.rb
arr = [ 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 3]
My favourite way of counting elements is:
counts = arr.group_by{|i| i}.map{|k,v| [k, v.count] }
# => [[1, 1], [2, 2], [3, 2], [4, 1], [5, 1]]
If you need a hash instead of an array:
Hash[*counts.flatten]
# => {1=>1, 2=>2, 3=>2, 4=>1, 5=>1}
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