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Create a histogram map from a list

Given the list [a,b,a,c,b,b], produce a map {a:2, b:3, c:1} which contains the count of each unique item in the list
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ruby
histogram = {}
list.each { |item| histogram[item] = (histogram[item] || 0) +1 }
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ruby 1.9
list = %w{a b a c b b}

histogram = list.each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) do |item, hash|
hash[item] += 1
end

p histogram # => {"a"=>2, "b"=>3, "c"=>1}
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ruby
list.inject(Hash.new(0)) {|h, item| h[item] += 1; h}
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erlang
% Imperative Solution
Histogram = histogram(List),
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erlang
% Functional (1) Solution
Histogram = histogram(List),
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erlang Using dict for a map.
lists:foldl(fun(Elem, OldDict) ->
dict:update_counter(Elem, 1, OldDict)
end,
dict:new(),
[a,b,a,c,b,b])).
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clojure
(let [l '[a b a c b b]]
(loop [m {}
d (distinct l)]
(let [item (first d)]
(if (zero? (count d))
m
(recur
(assoc m
item
(count
(filter #(= item %) l)))
(rest d))))))
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clojure
(->> [:a :b :a :c :b :b]
(group-by identity)
(reduce (fn [m e] (assoc m (first e) (count (second e)))) {}))
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clojure
(reduce conj {} (for [[x xs] (group-by identity "abacbb")] [x (count xs)]))
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clojure
(frequencies ["a","b","a","c","b","b"])
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clojure
(frequencies '[a b a c b b])

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