master-algorithms-py/trees_and_graphs/top_k_frequent_heap.py
2023-07-30 19:43:59 -07:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# author: bt3gl
def top_k_frequentnums: list[int], k: int) -> list[int]:
# O(1) time
if k == len(nums):
return nums
# 1. build a hashmap element: frequency
counter = Counter(nums)
# 2. build a heap of k most frequent elements
# 3. build an output array
# O(N log k) time
return heapq.nlargest(k, counter.keys(), key=counter.get)