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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2015-05-13 09:50:57 (GMT)
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Issue #19934: Document *None* as an acceptable input to Counter.most_common([n])
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@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ For example::
.. method:: most_common([n])
Return a list of the *n* most common elements and their counts from the
- most common to the least. If *n* is not specified, :func:`most_common`
- returns *all* elements in the counter. Elements with equal counts are
- ordered arbitrarily:
+ most common to the least. If *n* is omitted or ``None`
+ :func:`most_common` returns *all* elements in the count
+ with equal counts are ordered arbitrarily:
>>> Counter('abracadabra').most_common(3)
[('a', 5), ('r', 2), ('b', 2)]