Python Collections Module

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Published Jul 7, 2022
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The collections module implements several container types in addition to the standard Python built-in collections, dict, list, set and tuple.

Below are some of the specialized data types provided by this module.

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Collections Module

ChainMap
Creates a single view of multiple dictionaries or mappings in Python.
collections.Counter
A dict subclass that stores counts for hashable objects.
defaultdict
Creates a dictionary-like object that provides default values for missing keys.
deque()
Creates a deque object.
namedtuple
Creates tuple subclasses with named fields for improved code readability in Python namedtuple structures.
OrderedDict
Maintains the order in which keys were inserted in a dictionary.
UserDict
A wrapper class from collections that allows creating customized dictionary-like objects by subclassing it instead of dict.
UserList
Wrapper around list objects for easier list subclassing.
UserString
A wrapper class for string objects that makes subclassing easier.

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